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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 ]
Between 1880 and 1890, a 30 km long canal was dug by the Dutch colonizers between the Kapuas and Barito rivers for agricultural purposes. [5] The Kapuas River is narrow (about 50 m) and very winding in its upper stream. It straightens and widens up to 450 m in its lower reaches. There, it contains several elongated islands (shorter than 2 km).
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 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
Barito River. Alalak River; Martapura River; Kapuas River; Negara River. Tabalong River; Berau River. Kelai River; Jelai-Bila River; Kahayan River; Kapuas River ...
Kapuas River. Sekayam River; Melawi River; Kayan River. Bahau River; ... List of rivers of Indonesia; References This page was last edited on 8 January 2025, at 13:03 ...
Kapuas: 6,012 1,143 710 98,749 South China Sea: Primary river [50] 47 South America: Juruá ...
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.