Sungai Kalabakan
| Kalabakan | ||
 Kalabakan with source and tributaries (dark blue coloring) |
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| location | Sabah , Borneo , Malaysia | |
| River system | Kalabakan | |
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Cowie Bay , Celebes Sea Coordinates: 4 ° 21 ′ 29 " N , 117 ° 33 ′ 47" E 4 ° 21 ′ 29 " N , 117 ° 33 ′ 47" E
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| Catchment area | 1230 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Sungai Mawing , Sungai Tiagau | |
| Right tributaries | Sungai Anjeranjemut | |
| Level station in Kampung Kalabakan | ||
 Sg. Kalabakan at the road bridge near Kalabakan |
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The Kalabakan ( Mal. Sungai Kalabakan ) or Kalabakan River is a river in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo . It rises in the Maliau Basin, a hilly region near the border with Indonesia in the southeast of Sabah and runs from there to the confluence with Cowie Bay , which in turn opens up to the Celebes Sea.
geology
The Kalabakan essentially flows through two geological formations; in the upper reaches the Kapilit formation and in the lower reaches the Kalabakan formation. The Kapilit Formation is characterized by sandstone, siltstone and claystone, and coal layers can also be found there. The Kalabakan Formation, in turn, consists mainly of dark claystone with minor occurrences of sandstone and siltstone.
use
The Kalabakan is used by the local timber industry, including Aturmaju Resources Berhad, which operates from Kuala Lumpur, as a transport route for the tropical timber felled in the region. In 2004 an environmental study by the Office for Environmental Protection examined the possibility of using large parts of the site for the settlement of the palm oil industry.
fauna
At the Sungai Tawan, a tributary of the Kalabakan, Limnonectes paramacrodon , an endangered species of the real frog family , was located.
See also
- Kalabakan , a small town on the river
literature
- A. Balaguru, G. Nichols, R. Hall: "Tertiary stratigraphy and basin evolution of southern Sabah: implications for the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of Sabah, Malaysia" (PDF; 6.0 MB) in: Geol. Soc. Malaysia, Bulletin 47 , December 2003, pp. 27-49
- Environmental Protection Agency: SEIA for the Proposed Oil Palm Plantation (OPP) and Industrial Tree Plantation (ITP) Development (PDF; 340 kB), Appendix A, 2004
- Office for Environmental Protection: SEIA for the Proposed Oil Palm Plantation (OPP) and Industrial Tree Plantation (ITP) Development (PDF; 4.9 MB), Appendix B, 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SEIA Report (PDF; 193 kB), Chapter 3, 2004
- ↑ Environmental Protection Office: SEIA report (PDF; 76 KB), Geological Map of the Project Area, 2004
- ↑ Aturmaju Resources Berhad - Making a Difference in Branding Commodity ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 20 kB); Accessed January 28, 2012
- ↑ SEIA report (PDF; 135 kB), table of contents, 2004
- ↑ Amphibians and Reptiles of Malaysia ; Accessed January 28, 2012
