Back نهر كيناباتانچان ARZ Sungai Kinabatangan CEB Кинабатанган (юханшыв) CV Sungai Kinabatangan German Kinabatangan (fleuve) French Sungai Kinabatangan ID Kinabatangan (fiume) Italian キナバタンガン川 Japanese Kinabatanganas Lithuanian കിനബതങ്കാൻ നദി Malayalam
| Kinabatangan River | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A view of the Kinabatangan River | |
 The river source and tributaries are in dark blue. | |
| Native name | Sungai Kinabatangan (Malay) |
| Location | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Sandakan Division |
| Precise location | Northeastern Borneo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | From mountains in Tongod District |
| Mouth | |
• location | At Kinabatangan District into Sulu Sea |
• coordinates | 5°37′34.1″N 118°34′21.4″E / 5.626139°N 118.572611°E |
• elevation | Sea level |
| Length | 560 km (350 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 16,800 km2 (6,487 sq mi)[2][3] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Crocker Range[4] and Maliau Basin[5] |
The Kinabatangan River (Malay: Sungai Kinabatangan) is a river in Sandakan Division, in eastern Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second longest river in Malaysia, with a length of 560 km (350 mi) from its headwaters in the mountains of southwest Sabah to its outlet at the Sulu Sea, east of Sandakan.[n 1] The area is known for its high biodiversity, including its limestone caves at Gomantong Hill, dryland dipterocarp forests, riverine forest, freshwater swamp forest, oxbow lakes, and salty mangrove swamps near the coast.
- ^ a b Awang Azfar Awang Ali Bahar (2004). "Frequency Analysis of Riverflow in Sabah and Sarawak" (PDF). Civil Engineering Programme: 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Universiti Teknologi Petronas.
- ^ "National Register of River Basins [List of River Basin Management Units (RBMU) – Sabah]" (PDF). Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia. 2003. p. 34. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Sahana Harun; Ramzah Dambul; Harun Abdullah; Maryati Mohamed (2014). "Spatial and seasonal variations in surface water quality of the Lower Kinabatangan River Catchment, Sabah, Malaysia" (PDF). Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation: 118. ISSN 1823-3902. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
- ^ Tamara Thiessen (2008). Bradt Travel Guide – Borneo. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-84162-252-1.
- ^ Fanny Lai; Bjorn Olesen (16 August 2016). Visual Celebration of Borneo's Wildlife. Tuttle Publishing. p. 409−419. ISBN 978-1-4629-1907-9.
- ^ "Sarawak's Rajang River Delta". NASA Earth Observatory. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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