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	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 /encyclopedia_761573214/Republic_of_Indonesia.html (1846 words)

	Mahakam River Tours-Execursions in Borneo, Kalimantan, Indonesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mahakam river has the oldest history in Indonesia with it's Dayak original residents.
		The shortest itinerary to explore the nature and culture along Mahakam river is 4 days visiting the places by boat and small motorized boat called ces having long propeller, and suitable for 3 persons.
		Tenggarong and Mahakam river is a monument for the unity of Indonesian territory in the past with much the same cultural aspects to other parts of Indonesia before the arrival of Muslim and Christianity.
	www.bali-journey.com /tours/kalimantan_tours/mahakam_river/index.htm (541 words)

	archipelaGo East Kalimantan
		Dangai is ceremony held by the Bussang and Penihing Umak Suling Dayaks in the hinterland along the Mahakam river, in the Long Pahangai and Long Apari districts, and in the hinterland of the Kutai regency.
		The Kayan river with its tributaries stretches from the border area between Indonesia and Malaysia along the Muller mountain range to its estuary on the south coast of east Kalimantan.
		Tanjung Selor, at the estuary of the Kayan river, is the capital of the Bulungan regency.
	www.goarchi.com /archo/provinces/e-kalim/e-kalimtour.html (5425 words)

	Kalimantan Island, Borneo, Orang Utan, Mahakam River, Tropical Rainforest, Eco tours - Indonesia
		Focal point for most visitors is the mighty Mahakam river, which meanders through thousands of kilometers through one of the worlds largest tropical rainforests, from its head water near the center of the island.
		River crafts have usually only one toilet on board, and sleeping accommodation is on the thin mattress, with blankets provided.
		By going along the river or trekking in the rain forest, I am inviting you learn about the remote world of the original culture of Dayak tribes and their life style as a harmonious unity with the surrounding nature in the hinterland.
	www.komodotours.com /borneo_island/general_information.htm (906 words)

	Mahakam Lakes, Indonesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		All the Mahakam lakes are situated in a geological depression area of east Kalimantan.
		The Mahakam river is one of the longest rivers in Indonesia (ie 920 km).
		Surrounding the middle Mahakam region there are at least 32 (total 76 according to Bappeda I Kaltim, 1982) lakes that can be detected from the map of scale 1: 50,000, their sizes ranging from around 1.2 ha up to the biggest such as Jempang (15,000 ha).
	www.livinglakes.org /mahakam (1151 words)

	Mystus impluviatus. A New Species of Bagrid Catfish
		Distribution.—Known from the Mahakam River drainage in eastern Borneo (Fig.
		Mystus impluviatus appears to be endemic to the Mahakam River drainage (or, at least, to eastern Borneo).
		This is not surprising, given that the Mahakam River was isolated from the other main Southeast Asian river drainages throughout the low sea level periods of the Pleistocene (Voris, 2000).
	www.scotcat.com /articles/article60.htm (2173 words)

	Water Quality at Mahakam Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to Suwelo and Singgih (1994) in WKLB (1999) about 100 of these dolphins were found in the Mahakam river system, while in the Semayang lake alone (according to Agus Priyono, 1993 in WKLB 1999) about 68 have been recorded.
		During low water level in the Mahakam river, the dolphins were concentrated (11-15 individuals/100 km of river length) between Muara Kaman and Muara Pahu.
		Ohong River (52 km long) and Perian river (72 km long) with its swamp forest vegetation are a center of the richest biodiversity in the Mahakam lakes, including a large population of proboscis monkeys and seven of Borneo’s eight hornbill species.
	www.livinglakes.org /mahakam/issues.htm (1951 words)

	Irrawaddy Dolphin: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The irrawaddy (newer spelling ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows through the centre of myanmar (formerly "burma")....
		Chilka lake (also chilika lake) is a brackish water coastal lake in indias orissa state, south of the mouth of the mahanadi river....
		The tucuxi (sotalia fluviatilis) is a dolphin found both in the rivers of the amazon basin and in the coastal waters to the north and east of south america...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/irrawaddy_dolphin.htm (1465 words)

	pactoltd.com \|\| Tourism Related Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A trip up the Mahakam River to visit their villages is the main tourist attractionof Kalimantan.
		In sharp contrast to the remote hinterland, the coastal cities of Pontianak in the west, Banjarmasin in the south, and balikpapan in the east are thriving commercial centers, reflecting the vast resources of mineral deposits and timber the island provides.
		Pontianak the is rubber capital of West Kalimantan, sitting astride the equator on the Landak River, 15 miles north of the mighty Kapuas, the longest river in Indonesia.
	www.pactoltd.com /hotspotdetail.asp?CategoryID=1000153 (544 words)

	Indonesia Travel Tour Information
		Dining room on a house boat during the Mighty Mahakam River trip in East Borneo.
		The gate of a river side lodge situated in the trees on the boundary zone of Tanjung Puting National Park.
		A villager poses in front of long house in one of the Dayak tribe village on Mahakam River, East Borneo.
	www.indonesiatravelinfo.com /Gallery_Kalimantan.htm (420 words)

	Alluring Asia - Your Southeast Asia Travel Specialist - Sample itinerary for Bali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In East Kalimantan, the Mahakam River is the main route of access into this land of mystery, lore and vast eco-tourism.
		Traveling along the extensive Mahakam river system, which has carved its way through the jungles and flatlands constantly reshaping and nourishing the land, is a fascinating adventure.
		The people, once believed to be headhunters, live in remote areas and along the rivers maintaining their beliefs in the supernatural and ancestral worship.
	www.alluringasia.com /bali_j.shtml (455 words)

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		River boats slide unobtru-sively through heavily silt-laden waters, wild orchids drip off trees, Proboscis monkeyssignal your arrival to the crocodiles and legendary horn bills.
		Tenggarong, up the Mahakam river from Samarinda, is the capital of the Kutai regency' and was once the seat of the Kutai sultanate.
		If you are lucky, you can watch a belian, or witch doctor dressed in his skirt of leaves, cures his patients at night by performing the rites prescribed by ancestors to the frenzied accompaniment of gongs and drums.
	www.travel-indonesia.com /index.cfm?menuid=77 (780 words)

	Home Page
		On approach to landing at Samarinda,a riverside city in the Mahakam River Delta we realised that the runway doubled as a soccer pitch for the local kids
		Most of the timber from the huge softwood rainforest trees is processed into plywood at riverside factories to be sent to the USA for building materials.The log rafts being sent down river were said to contain one million cubic metres of timber.
		Shanty like structures fringe the river for hundreds of kilometres giving us a passing glimpes of the life of a local.
	indotour.freehomepage.com /catalog.html (1092 words)

	Kalimantan - Indonesia's Part of Borneo Island
		Most of community life are centered along rivers: houses, activities, etc. For the adventurous, this island offers many options to satisfy that desire: rafting or traveling along some of the world's most beautiful and challenging rivers, trekking through traditional villages and jungles, or take a safari trip in one of the many national parks.
		Home to the longest river in Kalimantan, the Mahakam river, where freshwater dolphin can be found, East Kalimantan is growing to be an industrially advanced area.
		The nickname 'river city' reflects the unique way of life of its local residents found along the numerous rivers crisscrossing the city.
	www.indonesiapromo.com /borneo.html (2364 words)

	Mahakam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mahakam river rises in the Mueller Mountains at the borders of Indonesia, Kalimantan, and the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
		Although some stretches of the main channel is braided, meandering of the river channel is most common and numerous abandoned meander belts can be discerned on images.
		The tropical Mahakam shelf is tectonically active with low wave energy, strong oceanic currents, upwelling, and a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate depositional system (Roberts, Fillon, Sydow, and Kohl,.
	www.geol.lsu.edu /WDD/AUSTRALASIAN/Indonesiandeltas/Mahakam/mahakam.htm (366 words)

	Nature and Adventure Tours in Indonesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This giant muddy river is the highway to the interior.
		The middle Mahakam includes a series of villages and the upper Mahakam, is an isolated region generally reached by plane at the Datah Dawai airfield at Long Lunuk.
		The river safari is a river touring along the great Mahakam river with house boat which is fully equipped with the normal standard of a floating house.
	www.kemtravel.com /tours/adv-mahakam.htm (549 words)

	Publikasi
		Kreb, D. Observations on the occurrence of Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, in the Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
		Kreb, D. Density and abundance of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, in the Mahakam River of East Kalimantan, Indonesia: a comparison of survey techniques.
		Facultative river dophins: Conservation and social ecology of freshwater and coastal Irrawaddy dolphins in Indonesia.
	www.geocities.com /yayasan_konservasi_rasi/artikel_publikasi.html (182 words)

	CROCODILE SPECIALIST GROUP NEWSLETTER 154C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On the Ratah River (western tributary of the Mahakam River, between Long Iram and Long Bagun) all three species (TS, C1 and C2) were reported to occur.
		In the village of Manubar on the Karangan River, and in the village of Sangkulirang itself, several people were reported to breed crocodiles for the skin trade; a fl and a yellow species apparently occured on this river system.
		Information was gathered from unstructured questionnaires with local rural residents and river fishermen familiar with aquatic fauna, daytime surveys by boat or on foot to detect signs of crocodile presence, nocturnal surveys and an overflight of the river Meta.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/newsletter/news154c.htm (2892 words)

	Other Destinations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MAHAKAM RIVER, KALIMANTAN For the more adventurous travelers, a trip to the island of Borneo should be considered.
		The Mahakam River is like a freeway to the interior of this rugged and remote island.
		The best way to get to the Mahakam River is from the town of Samarinda.
	www.indoinfo.com /places/other.htm (1072 words)

	Through Central Borneo By Carl Lumholtz- Chapter 39 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
		On that portion of the Kayan called Brem-Brem the river presents a formidable array of kihams which defeated the government's attempt to establish communication between Apo Kayan and the debouchure of the river.
		Bahau is the name of a river in Apo Kayan, where the tribes of the Mahakam River lived before they migrated to their present habitations, a hundred and fifty to two hundred years ago.
		A cut is made in the praeputium lengthwise with a knife (further east a sharpened bamboo is used), a piece of iron wood being used as a support, and the operation which in Katingan is called habálak is performed by the father of the father's brother when the boy is coming of age.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/travel/borneo/chapter39.html (5215 words)

	Ecotourism
		The freshwater dolphins in the Mahakam, which are commonly referred to as Irrawaddy dolphin and locally as pesut, have some preferred feeding and socializing sites.
		The area with the largest population is in the confluence area of Muara Pahu, the dolphins may be seen daily.
		nd the pension or in the small floating restaurants along the river, one may see the dolphins moving up an downstream, especially in the early morning and late afternoon, when boat traffic is less frequent.
	www.geocities.com /yayasan_konservasi_rasi/ekoturism_new.html (215 words)

	Roberts et al 2002
		Both deltas were constructed by falling-to-lowstand deposition, the former by the temperate Mobile River, the latter by the equatorial Mahakam River.
		The eastern lobes of the Mobile River delta show evidence of wave reworking while the western flank is fluvially dominated.
		Both the Mahakam and Mobile deltas are composed of sand-rich clinoforms and channel deposits that possess excellent potential reservoir properties.
	www.gcssepm.org /pubs/2002_ab_39.htm (375 words)

	Through Central Borneo By Carl Lumholtz- Chapter 22 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
		In the region of the Upper Mahakam River, above the rapids, where we had now arrived, it is estimated there are living nearly 10,000 Dayaks of various tribes, recognised under the general name Bahau, which they also employ themselves, besides their tribal names.
		Three months later I was enlightened on this point by the information that he had been arrested on account of the murder by spear of a woman and two men, a most unusual occurrence among Dayaks, who, as a rule, never kill any one in their own tribe.
		From my tent I had a beautiful view of the river flowing between wooded hills, and the air was often laden with the same delicious fragrance from the bloom of a species of trees which I had observed on the Kasao River.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/travel/borneo/chapter22.html (2568 words)

	Mahakam River Adventure, Tanjung Issuy, Mahakam House Boat Tour
		On the way, you are going to see beautiful scenery on the left and right side Mahakam river, Meals provided and overnight on houseboat.
		Then crossing the river to Jempang lake to reach Tanjung Isuy.
		Along the river you can enjoy the beautiful flora and fauna, like birds, monkeys, gibbons, and other wonderful creatures of Borneo.
	www.bali-travel-online.com /borneo_island/7days_mahakam_orangutan.htm (482 words)

	PART2
		Ten to twenty kilometers to the north and east of the village, the muddy brown Mahakam River snakes through the once dense primary forests that covered the region.
		Prior to the 1950s, most of the land east of the Mahakam River and the ancient Kutai capital of Tenggarong was covered with primary forest.
		He had originally opened swidden plots in Timbau near the river, but in 1982, he was evicted by a large cocoa and rubber plantation (Hasfarm) that was being established on a 15,000-hectare tract by a local entrepreneur.
	www.communityforestryinternational.org /publications/research_reports/communities_and_fm_in_east_kalimantan/PART2.html (5733 words)

	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Orcaella brevirostris
		Freshwater subpopulations occur in three river systems; the Mahakam of Indonesia, the Ayeyarwady (formerly Irrawaddy) of Myanmar (formerly Burma), and the Mekong of Laos, Cambodia, and Viet Nam.
		Kreb, D. Density and abundance estimates of the Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, in the Mahakam River of East Kalimantan, Indonesia: a comparison of survey techniques.
		Investigation of cetaceans in the Ayeyarwady River and northern coastal waters of Myanmar.
	www.redlist.org /search/details.php?species=15419 (835 words)

	Travel in Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan, Malaysia & Indonesia, Southeast Asia
		The Kinabantangan River is Sabah's longest river and the upper reaches and oxbow lakes of this river are among the best places in the region for wildlife viewing.
		The river is the best vantage point to see wildlife in the jungle such as king fishers, cormorants, kites, hornbills, gharvials and especially the proboscis monkeys which roost beside the river every evening.
		While staying on the river you will have the opportunity of seeing proboscis monkeys at dusk or dawn at their night-time resting place in the trees overhanging the river.
	www.travelarc.com /borneotravel.html (9125 words)

	GNF - Mahakam Wetland
		The Mahakam Area is part of East Kalimantan, where wilderness and jungle prevail.
		The Middle Mahakam Area (MMA) comprises the lakes Danau Jempang, Danau Melingtang and Danau Semayang and is located in a geological depression covering an area of about 4,000 square kilometers.
		The MMA is situated between 180 km and 375 km from the mouth of Mahakam river and includes three major and several minor lakes, peat and freshwater swamps and major tributaries.
	www.globalnature.org /docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=12726&domid=1011&sp=E&addlastid=&m1=11089&m2=11103&m3=11178&m4=12726 (663 words)

	EAST KALIMANTAN, THE INDONESIA TOURISM : PLACES OF INTEREST
		The Sultan's palace at the riverside is now a museum where the old royal paraphernalia are kept, as well as an excellent collection Of Dayak Woman antique Chinese ceramics.
		The trip to Tanjung Isuy over the Mahakam river is a long but interesting one past floating villages and forest scenery.
		Melak is a little village further ustream on the Mahakam river in the heart of the land of Tanjung Dayak.
	www.indonesia-tourism.com /east-kalimantan/places.html (593 words)

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