Sungai Liwagu

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Liwagu
Sungai Liwagu in Ranau

Sungai Liwagu in Ranau

Data
location Sabah , Borneo , Malaysia
River system Labuk
Drain over Labuk  → Sulu Lake
source on the southern slopes of Mount Kinabalu
muzzle Sungai Labuk Coordinates: 5 ° 43 '3 "  N , 116 ° 51' 9"  E 5 ° 43 '3 "  N , 116 ° 51' 9"  E

Catchment area 2000 km²

The Liwagu ( Mal. Sungai Liwagu ) or Liwagu River is a tributary of the Labuk in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo . It rises on the southern slopes of Mount Kinabalu and flows into the Labuk at Kampung Balisok (Ranau district). The catchment area of ​​the Liwagu and its tributaries covers an area of ​​2000 km².

Flora and fauna

The Liwagu River Trail within Kinabalu National Park is considered an outstanding area for bird watching. The bird species that live here include: Black breast fruit pickers ( Chlamydochaera jefferyi ), Chlorocharis emiliae emiliae , Eumyias indigo cerviniventris , Harpactes whiteheadi , Megalaima pulcherrima , Napothera crassa Luzon and Zosterops atricapilla .

Web links

Commons : Sungai Liwagu  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Office for Irrigation and Drainage, Sabah: GAUGING AND SUSPENDED SEDIMENT STATIONS INVENTORY ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Accessed January 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.did.sabah.gov.my
  2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: "Environmental impact assessment of Liwagu Hydro power project" Sub-study No. 3: Ecology, pp. 5-13, 1989