Barito River
The Barito River is the second longest river in Borneo after the Kapuas River with a total length of 1,090 km (680 mi) and a drainage basin of 81,675 square kilometers (31,535 sq mi) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It originates in the Muller Mountain Range, from where it flows southward into the Java Sea. Its most important affluent is the Martapura River, and it passes through the city of Banjarmasin.
| Barito River Sungai Barito, Sungai Dusun, Soengai Doesoen, Sungi Banjer, Sungi Dunsun, Soengai Baritoe, Sungai Banjar, Sungai Banjarmasin, Sungai Banjar Besar | |
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Barito and other rivers in Central and South Kalimantan | |
Location of river mouth Barito River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Müller Mountain Range |
| Mouth | |
• location | Java Sea |
• coordinates | 3°30′55″S 114°29′28″E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,090 km (680 mi) |
| Basin size | 81,675 km2 (31,535 sq mi) |
| Width | |
| • minimum | 300 m (980 ft) |
| • average | 650 m (2,130 ft) to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
| • maximum | 2,000 m (6,600 ft) |
| Depth | |
| • minimum | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| • average | 7 m (23 ft) to 8 m (26 ft) |
| • maximum | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Barito Delta, Java Sea, Indonesia, Borneo (Kalimantan) |
| • average | (Period: 2008–2015)5,497 m3/s (194,100 cu ft/s)
(Period of data: 2003–2016)4,514 m3/s (159,400 cu ft/s) (Period: 1970–2000)129 km3/a (4,100 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 27,000 m3/s (950,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Banjarmasin (Basin size: 61,582 km2 (23,777 sq mi) |
| • average | (Period of data: 2006–2011)4,502 m3/s (159,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Barito–Kapuas–Kahayan Delta (Basin size: 98,500 km2 (38,000 sq mi) |
| • average | 7,000 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Barito basin (DAS330363) |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Mangkatip, Negara River, Martapura River |
| • right | Murung River, Anjir Tamban, Anjir Serapat, Kapuas River (Barito River tributary) |
This river is the location of the closest relative of the Malagasy language of Madagascar, the Ma'anyan language of Dayaks, from where settlers arrived in Madagascar (presumably in waves) from the 3rd to 10th century and from which the current island nation's population largely traces its origins.