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The Kapuas River (Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia. At 1,143 km (710 mi) in length, it is the longest river in the island of Borneo and the longest river in Indonesia [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and one of the world's longest island rivers. [ 7 ]
The Kapuas River (or Kapueas) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island. It originates in the Müller Mountain Range at the center of the island and flows south until merging with the Barito River and discharging into the Java Sea . [ 4 ]
Barito River. Alalak River; Martapura River; Kapuas River; Negara River. Tabalong River; Berau River. Kelai River; Jelai-Bila River; Kahayan River; Kapuas River ...
Barito River. Alalak River; Martapura River; Kapuas River; Negara River. Tabalong River; Berau River. Kelai River; Jelai-Bila River; Kahayan River; Kapuas River ...
Kapuas Hulu Regency is a regency in West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. Located around the upper drainage area of the Kapuas River , it has a total land area of 31,318.25 square kilometres or around 21.3% of West Kalimantan province's area.
The Lake Sentarum National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Danau Sentarum) is a national park protecting one of the world's most biodiverse lake systems, [2] located in the heart of Borneo Island, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It lies in the upper Kapuas River tectonic
A timber raft on the Barito River with housing for the workers (ca.1905-14). The Barito River is the second longest river in Borneo, Indonesia after the Kapuas River with a total length of 1,090 km (680 mi) and a drainage basin of over 80,000 km 2 (31,000 sq mi) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The area around the source of Kapuas were originally inhabited by the Taman Dayaks. [4] Around the 7th to 8th centuries, an Indianized Hindu kingdom was established by a Kutai noble at modern Selimbau. Initially a small state, the kingdom slowly grew to cover one-fifths of modern West Kalimantan (about 30,000 km 2) by the late 19th century. [5]