Kapuas River
| Kapuas | |
|---|---|
Aerial view of Kapuas river | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mount Raya at Müller Mountain Range |
| • elevation | 2,278 m (7,474 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | South China Sea |
• coordinates | 0°4′0″S 109°10′59″E / 0.06667°S 109.18306°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,143 km (710 mi) |
| Basin size | 98,749.1 km2 (38,127.2 mi2) |
| Depth | |
| • maximum | 40 m (130 ft) to 50 m (160 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Kapuas Delta |
| • average | (Period: 2003–2016)6,012 m3/s (212,300 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South China Sea |
| River system | Kapuas River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bungan, Keriau, Manday, Bunut, Embau, Silat, Melawi, Tempunak, Sepauk, Sekadau |
| • right | Mandalam, Sibau, Awin, Palin, Embaloh, Tawang, Ketungau, Belitang, Sekayam, Tayan, Landak |
The Kapuas River (Old Indonesian/Dutch 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 on the island of Borneo, the longest river in Indonesia and one of the world's longest island rivers. It originates in the Müller mountain range at the center of the island and flows west into the South China Sea creating an extended marshy delta. The delta is located west-southwest of Pontianak, the capital of the West Kalimantan province, althouth the most northern of the river's outflows actually goes through the city itself. This Kapuas River should be distinguished from another Kapuas, which starts on the other side of the same mountain range in central Borneo but flows to the south, merging with the Barito and discharging into the Java Sea.