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	Kapuas River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At approximately 1,143 km, it is the longest river in Indonesia, and is the major river of the western portion of Borneo.
		The river rises in the mountains of Kapuas Hulu near the border with Sarawak, Malaysia, and flows west.
		The river drains the extensive Lake Sentarum area, an extensive protected reserve of wetlands and freshwater lakes, and intermittently flooded forests.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kapuas_River (173 words)

	Borneo - LoveToKnow Watches
		The rivers of British North Borneo to the north of the Padas are of no importance and of scant practical utility, owing to the fact that the mountain range here approaches very closely to the coast with which it runs parallel.
		This river, of volume varying with the tide and the amount of rainfall, is normally navigable by small steamers and native prahus, of a draught of 4 to 5 ft., for 300 to 400 m., that is to say, from Pontianak up to Sintang, and thence as far as Benut.
		The rivers of the southern versant are waters of capacious drainage, the basin of the Kahayan having, for instance, an area of z 6,000 sq.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Borneo (9275 words)

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		In the south-western versant the largest river is the Kapuas, which, rising near the centre of the island, falls into the sea between Mampawa and Sukadana after a long and winding course.
		The rivers of the southern versant are waters of capacious drainage, the basin of the Kahayan having, for instance, an area of 16,000 sq.
		These rivers are navigable for two-thirds of their course by steamers of a fair size, but in many cases the bars at their mouths present considerable difficulties to ships drawing anything over 8 or 9 ft. Most of the larger affiuents of the Barito are also navigable throughout the II greater part of their courses.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=10298 (5844 words)

	Republic of Indonesia - MSN Encarta
		In the south, river ports such as Jambi on the Hari River and Palembang on the Musi River are located upstream, away from the extensive mangrove swamps and marshes of the coast.
		The main rivers of Java include the Tarum and Manuk in the west, the Serang and Serayu in central Java, and the Solo and Brantas in the east.
		The lake is the source of the Asahan River, and as the center of Batak culture it is an important tourist destination.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573214 (1867 words)

	Ethnologue: Indonesia, Kalimantan
		The Ulu Ai' are on the Mandai River with 7 villages.
		(BAHAU RIVER KENYA) [BWV] 1,500 (?) (1981 Wurm and Hattori).
		Banana' and Tapitn are western, between Singakawang, Bengkayang, Darit, and Sungairaya; Kayung and Delang are southern, between Sandai, Muarakayang, Pembuanghulu, Sukamara, and Sukaraja; Semitau, Suhaid, and Mentebah-Suruk are eastern, southeast of Kapuas River from Sintang to Putus Sibau.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Indk.html (2337 words)

	archipelaGoWest Kalimantan
		Pontianak lies on the Kapuas river where many houses are built over the water and are connected with each other by wooden bridges.
		The mining regions were found in the regions of Bengkayang, Lumar, Batu Mountains, the Ambawang river, Darit, the Landak and Ayak rivers, the Cempedak Tayan delta, the Tayan river, Kembayan, Timur Senaning and upstream regions of the Kapuas river around Putussibau.
		Putussibau is the capital of the Kapuas Hulu regency, 816 kilometers from Pontianak.
	www.archipelago-emag.com /provinces/w-kalim/w-kalimtour.html (5077 words)

	Rice Supply By Canoe Relay System -- Kamis, 19 Juli 2001
		The provincial administration is forced to resort to this supply system since nearly all river transportation has grounded to a halt because of silting rivers, a condition that often occurs in the dry season.
		River boats ply the Pontianak - Sintang and Kapuas Hulu route which is temporarily halted because of present river conditions.
		The Kapuas river spans a length of 1.361 kilometers.
	www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0107/19/english/rice.htm (799 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Kapuas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		KAPUAS [Kapuas], river, c.710 mi (1,140 km) long, rising in the mountains of central Borneo and flowing SW through W Kalimantan, Indonesia, to the South China Sea near Pontianak.
		Its valley is intensively cultivated; rice is the chief crop.
		Traditional honey and wax collection with Apis dorsata in the upper Kapuas Lake region, West Kalimantan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kapuas.asp (219 words)

	Gloomy Ghetto
		This barrier, however, was penetrated and passed by travelling along the broad Kapuas River to the other side of the tier to the expanse of swamps and wetlands in the Kapuas lakes area and to other major 'north-south' tributaries like the Belitang and Ketungau Rivers.
		The Landak River is a major tributary of the Kapuas debouching in the Kapuas delta in Pontianak city.
		Fieldwork conducted in the Pawan River basin in September 1998 indicated that in addition to the migration of Sekadau Dayaks to the Keriau tributary (Kenyabur village), there are numerous migrants who speak the Sekadau Dayak variant of Malay in villages along the Laur River.
	www.angelfire.com /alt/ghettoway/malaysocio.html (6426 words)

	World Heritage Centre
		On the whole, Kapuas watershed can be divided into five smaller sub-watersheds, namely Embaloh in the west area of the Park, Sibau-Menjakan and Mendalarn in the middle area, and Hulu Kapuas/Koheng and Bungan in the eastern area.
		Organosol and decomposed Glei soils are dispersed in the Embaloh upriver sub-district.
		Alluvial soils occur in the Mendalam River areas, Sibau and Embaloh Rivers, while podzolic yellow-red, and complex podzolic yellow-red and latosol, which dominate the Park areas are identified are found in Puttusibau and in the Embaloh upriver sub-district.
	whc.unesco.org /pg_friendly_print.cfm?cid=326&id=1871& (1297 words)

	archipelaGoCentral Kalimantan
		The Ot Danum inhabit the upstream regions of the Kahayan, Barito, Kapuas or Timbering Miri, in the upstream reaches of the Kahayan river.
		This town in the upstream regions of the Kahayan river was formerly known as the village of Pahandut in the regency of Palangkaraya.
		In Bukit Rawi, north of Palangkaraya, in the upper reaches of the Kahayan river, are a sandung and a sapunduk, wooden structures in which the ashes of the dead are kept.
	www.archipelago-emag.com /provinces/c-kalim/c-kalimtour.html (4024 words)

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		Most of the reserve's lakes lie in the region to the north of the Kapuas River towns, Suhaid and Jongkong, and are bordered by low hills which include the Seligi-Lempai range to the west, the Semberuang-Pamuter range to the north-east and the Menyukung range to the east.
		The Kapuas River itself, the longest in Indonesia, comprises a slow, heavily silt-laden and meandering watercourse which has given rise to an intricate maze of floodplain extensions, shallow waterways and oxbow lakes covering over 400 sq.
		Rainfall of the upper Kapuas floodplain varies between 3500mm in the west to 4400mm in the east, with a drier season occurring between May and September.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1839v.htm (2597 words)

	My Favorite Links
		It can be reached overland by car or through waterways (the Kapuas River) by motor boat or speed boat.
		Kapuas River is the longest river in Indonesia (over 1.143 km) and this river can be cruised up to Kapuas Hulu Regency.
		The Kapuas river branches out in to smaller river, and dividing the Pontianak City into three parts.
	www.angelfire.com /ri/asepmail/niceplace.html (350 words)

	Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Palangkaraya is the province capital of Central Kalimantan and situated in the upstream region of the Kahayan River.
		This river, is indeed not so widely known, compared with the Kapuas River (600 kilometers) and the Barito River (500 kilometers).
		Like the big rivers in Kalimantan, this river has been the source of subsistence of the population for thousands of years, from which they would hunt, fish and colleck foods and other forest products (such as beewax, hornbil ivory, rattan cane, resin and camphor).
	www.indonext.com /Business/Manufacturing/Sport (523 words)

	Borneo diamond deposits, geology, exploration, mining, use - Part I
		The three portions into which the western group may be divided are situated on as many different rivers, one being on the river Kapuas, a little below its confluence with the Sikajam, and the other two respectively on the rivers Landak and Sikajam, both tributaries of the Kapuas.
		They are essentially river deposits, and occur in isolated patches of small area at the foot of the mountains or in the valleys, but always above the existing high-water level.
		Both sedimentary and igneous rocks are found in situ in the neighborhood; among the former are clay-slates and quartz-schists with quartzites of Devonian age, conglomerates and clayey sandstones of much later date, probably belonging to the lowest Tertiary, that is, to the Eocene age.
	www.minelinks.com /alluvial/diamondGeology21.html (1404 words)

	PONTIANAK MUNICIPALITY
		Kapuas River is the longest river in Indonesia (1,143 km).
		Kapuas river brances out in three smaller rivers: Kapuas Besar, Kapuas Kecil, and Landak, which divide Pontianak into three parts.
		People can enjoy the scenery by cruising the river by wooden boat, motor boat, or speedboat There are two bridges over the rivers: Kapuas River Bridge and Landak River Bridge.
	www.petra.ac.id /eastern/west_kal/ponti_mun.htm (221 words)

	Pagan Nomads Tour Management & Travel Consultancy
		Using roads, rivers and feet we traverse the jungle of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).
		A clearing by river or stream is routine place to construct our bivouac type shelters of wood or water proof awning (B, L, and D).
		The journey will be continued through the tropical rain forest, a dip in the river, a rest to be taken and surrounding to be examined an investigation of just a few square metres qill reveal something different af animal every time.
	www.gonomads.com /exotic2a.html (1087 words)

	Home Page BIMP-Eaga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		From Putussibau through the Kapuas River, the Sibau river and the Menyakan River by a semi long boat 8 hours.
		From Putsuuibau goes along the Kapuas river and the Embaloh Hulu river for 3 hours by speed boat and transit by using motor boat (motor temple) to Embaloh Hulu (Benua Matinus valley) for + 2 days.
		From Putussibau through Kapuas river to Bungan (a small village) by semi long boat for 8 hours.
	www.eaga.org.bn /eaga/forestry/Indonesia/Bentuang/Bentuang.htm (221 words)

	CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA TOURISM : PLACES OF INTEREST
		Palangkaraya is the province capital of Central Kalimantan and situated in the upstream region of the Kahayan river In the local Dayak language, Palangkaraya means a holy container.
		Kualakapuas is the capital of the Kapuas regency, south of Palangkaraya, on the Kapuas river 40 kilometers from Banjarmasin.
		Sampit town, on the Sampit river and the capital of Sampit regency, is known as the biggest timber port in Kalimantan as well as in Indonesia.
	www.indonesia-tourism.com /central-kalimantan/places.html (492 words)

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		Kuala Kapuas is the capital of Kapuas Regency, it is located on the junction of Kapuas and Barito Rivers.
		Tourism objects in the Kapuas are handicraft industry which produced souvenir made of "Getah Nyatu" and rattan.
		The Batu Suli is a steepy hill by Kahayan river.
	kapuas.net /print.php?news.2 (233 words)

	Indonesia Current News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Kapuas-mud snake or Enhydris Gyii, was found by Dr Mark Auliya, a reptile expert from Germany's Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig and two American scientists during a WWF project in Kalimantan.
		Auliya, who is also a WWF consultant, discovered two species of 50-centimeter-long poisonous snakes in the coastal and forest areas around the Kapuas River at the Betung Kerihun National Park, West Kalimantan.
		The scientists believe the newly discovered snakes are endemic to the Kapuas River basin.
	www.indonezia.ro /cn_pensos_02_270606.html (513 words)

	indahnesia.com - Kalimantan - Journeys to the heart - Discover Indonesia Online
		He followed the river upstream and travelled over the mountains to the Kapuas river.
		In the 1880's, the saltprice along the upstream of the Mahakam river was 15 times higher than in Samarinda.
		In the 1890's, the geologist G.A.F Molengraaff explorated the catchment area of the Kapuas river intensively, before he crossed the mountains and followed another river towards the south.
	indahnesia.com /indonesia/KALEXP/exploration_journeys_to_the_heart.php (955 words)

	Cross Borneo West to East - Indonesia travel and adventures
		In certain places we have to go down to the river to push the boat as the level of the water in the dry season s is too shallow.
		After lunch on the way close to the river side, the trek will be high up and down again crossing the dry small river, and Nyinyit Cave (the local people collect the swallow nest that cost so expensive and very good to support their life inside the cave).
		After lunch on the way in the river side, then crossing jungle, up and down passing the dry river, cave and temporary huts that the local people using it while they do shifting cultivation or hunting deer, wild pig, birds, and even sometimes clouded leopard.
	www.adventureindonesia.com /borneo-20d-itinerary.htm (2239 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		On one quiet cloudy day in the town of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia's longest river the Kapuas was a picture of serenity, with only a few boats drifting listlessly down it.
		The river used to be the most important trade route in a once virgin land full of forests and swamps, and people traveled to areas hundreds of kilometers away from Pontianak on its waters.
		However, travelers can still see traces of the river in its heyday in the town that used to be known as the Emerald of the Equator, named for its mines that once yielded a treasure of gleaming gemstones.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050123.L01 (838 words)

	LAKE SENTARUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is the characteristic of the natural phenomenae of flora, and fauna, social culture, and surrounding environment, that has become the distinctive feature of the Sentarum Lake Wildlife Reservation, which is located in an area of 80,000 hectares, and is influenced by the fluctuations of the Kapuas River.
		Administratively this area is included in the Regency of the DT II Kapuas Hulu, in the Province of West kalimantan.
		The river which is 1,143 kilometers long and cuts through a few cities in Kalimantan, including Pontianak represents the main artery for the life of the people who daily depend on river transportation.
	www.petra.ac.id /eastern/west_kal/sentarum.htm (665 words)

	Trekking South East Asia - Borneo
		Meet the local people, pass some wilds rapids, walks through the river; mud; rocks; and hills in the deep of primary rain forest.
		On the way we'll see some small waterfall from the canyon, floating local restaurant, scenery of river banks, dayak villages, river fish etc. Most of Dayak people are Christian, some of them are muslim.
		Down Stream of Kapuas River, passing some rapids to Putus Sibau, it would take 7 hours trip and arrive in the afternoon.
	www.symbiosis-travel.com /trekking/borneo/transborneo.htm (925 words)

	Borneo Bulletin : Illegal mining contaminates Kalimantan river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Environmental activists estimate that 10 metric tonnes a year are thrown into Central Kalimantan's Kapuas river by some 87,000 families involved in illegal gold mining there.
		Eleven tributaries of the Kapuas are now contaminated by mercury, say environment ministry officials.
		Former Mines and Energy Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told parliament earlier this year 30 tonnes of gold, four million tonnes of coal, 2,800 carats of diamonds and 3,600 tonnes of tin concentrate were mined illegally each year.
	www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2000/nov-00/brunet.bn_news_bb_thu_nov2b5.htm (302 words)

	About Kalimantan...
		One is Barito river, the largest and the longest river in Indonesia which is more than 6,000 km long.
		One of its tributary rivers is the Martapura river, which in turn has two tributary rivers of its own, the Riam Kanan and Riam Kiwa rivers.
		In 1990 the total population of South Kalimantan was 2.463.792 with a growth rate of about 1.8% annually, 54% of the population earn their living from agricultural, 15% from public services, 13% from the commercial sector and the rest from industry, transport, construction and so on.
	www.ramatours.com /info-kalimantan.shtml (986 words)

	Travelling to Indonesia (West Kalimantan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Kapuas river, about 1,143 km, is one of the longest river in Indonesia, connecting Pontianak with the Sanggau, Sintang and Kapuas Hulu Regencies.
		Among the branches of the Kapuas river are the Landak, Kubu, Punggur, Melawi and Sekayam rivers.
		It is recommended to take a river trip and make overnight stops at villages where dance performances are organized on advance notice.
	www.emp.pdx.edu /htliono/kalbar.html (484 words)

	About Arowana Club.com - PT Istana Arwana Indah - Dema
		Upon the flight we were able to get a birds eye view of River Kapuas, from small channel right to big open river mixing into open sea, the view stretching across West Kalimantan was unbelievable.
		The River is the artery of traffic and trade beside roads and air transportation.
		Note the river opening and mixing with the open sea at the top right of the picture.
	www.arowanaclub.com /ClubArticles/IndonVisit/Indo1.htm (1075 words)

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