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Miri is situated on the alluvial plain of the Miri River on the western shore of northern Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Because of the prevailing southerly off-shore current, beach drift has built up the Peninsula Road as a barrier beach between the Miri River and the shore causing a "Yazoo effect" [ 52 ] where the river runs parallel to the ...
Mirihi is a small island in the Alif Dhaal Atoll. It measures approximately 300m by 50m. Since 1989 hosts a "tourist island" and it was the first island in the Maldives with overwater bungalows. [1] The holiday resort consists of 38 guest bungalows consisting of 6 beach villas, 28 overwater villas and 2 overwater suites. [2]
A Chinese man named Chan Chak began calling a monk to appease the spirits with a spirit-pacifying ritual being carried out near the Miri River and with an altar being placed there. [3] When the epidemic began to subside following the ritual, the local Chinese residents constructed a temple near the river to revere Tua Pek Kong in gratitude to ...
Miri District is an administrative district in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia covering a total area of 4707 km 2. [1] The Miri District can be divided into Miri City (997.43 km 2 ), [ 4 ] Sibuti sub-district (842.47 km 2 ), and Niah sub-district (2887.21 km 2 ). [ 5 ]
The Gunung Mulu National Park, also known simply as the Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting.
Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park is a protected area of coral reefs in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, off the island of Borneo. The park is a popular dive destination. The Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park, lying at depths ranging from 7 to 50 metres (23 to 164 ft) at the seaward edge, has an average visibility of 10 to 30 metres ...
The seat of this division is the city of Miri. Miri Division consists of two districts: Miri and Marudi . Of the 21 seismic events that happened in Sarawak from 1874 to 2011, the majority of them occurred between Niah and Selangau regions, which corresponds to Miri and Bintulu Divisions with Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MMI) of 3.5 to 5.3 ...
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