Solo River (alternatively,
Bengawan Solo River, with
Bengawan being an
Old Javanese word for
river) is the longest river in the
Indonesian island of
Java, it is approximately 600 km in length. Apart from its importance as a watercourse to the inhabitants and farmlands of the eastern and northern parts of the island, it is a renowned region in
paleoanthropology circles. Many discoveries of early
hominid remains have been made at several sites in its valleys, especially at
Sangiran, including that of the first early human fossil found outside of Europe, the so-called "
Java Man" skull.