Sungai Gombak
Gombak Sungai Gombak |
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The mouth of the Gombak (left) into the Kelang (right) |
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location | in the state of Selangor | |
River system | Sungai Kelang | |
Drain over | Sungai Kelang → Strait of Malacca | |
source | at Gunung Bunga Buah 3 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 101 ° 44 ′ 22 ″ E |
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muzzle | in Kuala Lumpur in the Sungai Kelang Coordinates: 3 ° 8 ′ 53 " N , 101 ° 41 ′ 43" E 3 ° 8 ′ 53 " N , 101 ° 41 ′ 43" E |
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Mouth height |
39 m Read on Google Earth
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length | 27 km | |
Catchment area | 122 km² |
The Gombak ( Malay Sungai Gombak ) is a small river in Malaysia .
geography
The river flows through the Malaysian state of Selangor and has a length of 27 km. The Gombak rises at Gunung Bunga Buah on the border with Pahang , and flows into the Sungai Kelang in Kuala Lumpur . It has a catchment area of 122 km².
Naming
The Gombak used to be known as the Sungai Lumpur (muddy river). The word Kuala means estuary. Accordingly, Kuala Lumpur means something like the mouth of the muddy .
ecology
The Gombak is considered to be the most polluted tributary of the Kelang. Between 1969 and 1990 41% of the ancestral fish species in the Gombak were lost.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND ROAD TUNNEL (SMART) An Underground Approach to Mitigating Flash Floods: PDF page 3
- ↑ Heritage Study of Muslim World (PDF; 479 kB)
- ↑ Fishes of the African Rainforests (PDF; 1.5 MB) page 189