Kapuas River

E73375

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.


Statements (49)
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 NERFINISHED
Melawi River
Mentebah River NERFINISHED
Pawan River NERFINISHED
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 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

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pontianak ("Kapuas River waterfront")
hasLandmark
Kalimantan
hasRiver
Barito River ("Kapuas River (South Kalimantan)")
hasTributary
Pontianak
locatedOnRiver
Borneo
river

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