Sarawak (river)

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Sungai Sarawak
Sarawak River flowing through the city of Kuching

Sarawak River flowing through the city of Kuching

Data
location Sarawak in Malaysia
River system Sarawak
source The confluence of the Sarawak Kiri and Sarawak Kanan rivers
1 ° 27 ′ 36 "  N , 110 ° 16 ′ 49"  E
muzzle near Muara Tebas in the South China Sea Coordinates: 1 ° 38 ′ 17 "  N , 110 ° 29 ′ 59"  E 1 ° 38 ′ 17 "  N , 110 ° 29 ′ 59"  E

length 217 km
Big cities Kuching

Sarawak ( Malay Sungai Sarawak ) is a river in the state of the same name in Malaysia , Sarawak . It is around 217 km long with the two source rivers Sarawak Kiri from the left and Sarawak Kanan from the right. The springs are located in the Kapuas Mountains in the interior of the island of Borneo . The confluence with the South China Sea is at the place Muara Tebas . Kuching , the capital of the state of Sarawak, lies on both banks of the river.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Reger, Nelles Verlag Staff (1997). Malaysia - Singapore - Brunei . Munich: Nelles Verlag GmbH, 1997. p. 162. ISBN 3-88618-902-3
  2. Aris, AZ, et al. From Sources to Solution: Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Forensics 2013 . Serdang, Malaysia: Springer, 2014 ISBN 978-981-4560-70-2 p. 229.