Kapuas River

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The Kapuas River is the longest river in Indonesia and one of the major waterways of Borneo, flowing through dense tropical rainforest and supporting rich biodiversity and local communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
basinArea approximately 100000 km²
basinCountry Indonesia
basinRegion West Kalimantan
biome tropical rainforest
continent Asia
country Indonesia
crosses equatorial region
ecologicalImportance key freshwater ecosystem in Borneo
economicImportance major transportation route in West Kalimantan
flowsInto Karimata Strait
flowsThrough tropical rainforest
hasBiodiversity endemic aquatic species
rich freshwater fish diversity
hasHabitat peat swamp forest
riparian forest
hasTributary Embaloh River
Landak River
Melawi River
Mentebah River
Pawan River
Embaloh River
surface form: Sekayam River
hasWetland floodplain wetlands
length approximately 1143 km
lengthRanking longest river in Indonesia
one of the longest rivers in Borneo
locatedIn Borneo
Kalimantan
West Kalimantan
mouth Karimata Strait
navigability navigable for long stretches
nearbyCity Pontianak
passesNear Equator
passesThrough Pontianak
Putussibau
region Kalimantan
surface form: Indonesian Borneo
riverSystem Kapuas River basin
sourceLocation Kapuas Hulu Regency
Upper Kapuas basin
sourceRegion Müller Mountains
supports local communities
threat deforestation in its basin
habitat degradation
pollution from human activities
usedFor domestic water supply
fishing
irrigation
transportation

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Borneo river Kapuas River
Pontianak locatedOnRiver Kapuas River
Pontianak hasLandmark Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River waterfront
Kalimantan hasRiver Kapuas River
Barito River hasTributary Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River (South Kalimantan)
Central Kalimantan hasRiver Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River (Kalimantan Tengah)
Ngaju people mainRiverRegion Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River (Kalimantan)
West Kalimantan hasMainRiver Kapuas River
Equator Monument near Kapuas River
Port of Pontianak locatedOnRiver Kapuas River
Port of Pontianak locatedOnWaterway Kapuas River
Equatorial City riverPortOn Kapuas River
subject surface form: Pontianak
Putussibau locatedOnRiver Kapuas River
Melawi River mouthOfWatercourse Kapuas River
Melawi River tributaryOf Kapuas River
Melawi River riverSystem Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River basin
Melawi River drainageBasin Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River basin
Embaloh River partOf Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River basin
Embaloh River mouthOfWatercourse Kapuas River
Embaloh River tributaryOf Kapuas River
Embaloh River drainageBasin Kapuas River
this entity surface form: Kapuas River basin
Embaloh River riverSystem Kapuas River