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The Perak is mentioned in Rudyard Kipling's story The Crab That Played with the Sea (published as one of the Just So Stories).There, the man complains to his creator, the eldest magician, about the tides running into and out from the Perak: "Once a day and once a night the Sea runs up the Perak river and drives the sweet-water back into the forest, so that my house is made wet; once a day and ...
Perak has 11 major river basins of more than 80 km (50 miles). Of these, the Perak River basin is the largest, with an area of 14,908 km 2 (5,756 sq mi), about 70% of the total area of the state. It is the second largest river basin on the Malay Peninsula, after the Pahang River basin. [153]
A local Hakka miner, millionaire Yau Tet Shin, started developing a large tract of the town in the early 1930s, today known as the "New Town", from the eastern bank of the Kinta River to Greentown. [12] In 1937, Ipoh was made the capital of Perak, replacing Taiping. Map of Ipoh, Perak in 1951. Ipoh was invaded by the Japanese on 15 December 1941.
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The Temenggor Dam or Temenggor Hydro-Electric Project or Temenggor Power Station (Malay: Empangan Temenggor) is a dam in Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. It is located on Perak River about 200 km northeast of Ipoh. Construction of the dam impounded Temenggor Lake.
Perak–Selangor: Bernam River: 2,836.333 Selangor–Federal Territory: Klang River: 1,297.382 Selangor–Federal Territory: Buloh River: 451.926 Selangor–Federal ...
Kinta River (Malay: Sungai Kinta) is a river in Perak, Malaysia. It gets its name from the Kinta Valley, which surrounds Ipoh, the capital of Perak. Ipoh sits along this river. There are many limestone hills in the area surrounding the river, and there used to be many tin mines.
English: A map showing districts of Perak (blank version) Approximate geographic limits of the map: State border are likely not very accurate. For accurate version, please see File:Districts and local authorities of Perak (blank).svg.