Kayan River
The Kayan River is a river of Borneo island, flowing in the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia, about 1,600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. Tributaries include the Bahau River.
| Kayan River Sungai Kayan, Sungai Bulungan, Sungai Kajan, Sungai Ulungan, Boetoengan Rivier, Bulungan River, Boeloengan Rivier | |
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Panoramic Kayan River | |
Location of river mouth Kayan River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Borneo |
| • elevation | 2,015 metres (6,611 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sulawesi Sea |
• coordinates | 2°54′41.29″N 117°33′14.11″E |
| Length | 576 kilometres (358 mi) |
| Basin size | 33,005 km2 (12,743 sq mi) 33,171.8 km2 (12,807.7 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Kayan III Hydropower Station, 72 km upstream of Tanjung Selor (basin size 26,260 km2 (10,140 sq mi) |
| • average | 2,184 m3/s (77,100 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Tanjung Selor |
| • average | 2,454 m3/s (86,700 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 2016–2020)2,261 m3/s (79,800 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Kayan Delta, Sulawesi Sea |
| • average | 77.738 km3/a (2,463.4 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Kayan basin (DAS320024) |
Kayan
river mouth
Kayan River in Kalimantan
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