Barito River

Barito River is a 890-kilometre-long (550 mi) river with a drainage basin of 70,000 square kilometres (27,000 sq mi) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 900 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. It originates in the Muller Mountain Range, from where it flows southward into the Java Sea. Its most important affluent is the Martapura River, and it passes through the city of Banjarmasin.[2][3][4]

Barito River
Sungai Barito, Sungai Dusun, Soengai Doesoen, River Banjer, Sungi Dunsun, Soengai Baritoe, Barito-rivier, Sungai Banjar, Sungai Banjarmasin, Sungai Banjar Besar
Barito and other rivers in Central and South Kalimantan
Location of river mouth
Barito River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMuller Mountain Range
Mouth 
 • location
Java Sea
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length890 km (550 mi)
Basin size70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average3,706 m3/s (130,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftMangkatip, Negara River, Martapura River
 • rightMurung River, Anjir Tamban, Anjir Serapat, Kapuas River (Barito River tributary)[1]
Barito
Main mouth to Java Sea
Barito River in Kalimantan
A timber raft on the Barito River with housing for the workers (ca.1905-14)

This river is the location of the closest relative of the Malagasy language of Madagascar, the Ma'anyan language of Dayaks, from where settlers arrived in Madagascar (presumably in waves) from the 3rd to 10th century and from which the current island nation's population largely traces its origins.

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Borneo with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2735 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 437 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 62 mm rainfall.[7]

Images
  • Dutch boat on the Barito River (1917)
  • Inhabitants along the Barito
  • A boat on the Barito

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2019-01-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. van Hoëvell, Wolter Robert (1838). Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië (in Dutch). 1. Ter Lands-drukkerij. p. 6.
  3. Buddingh, Steven Adriaan (1861). Neêrlands-Oost-Indië: Reizen over Java, Madura, Makasser, Saleijer, Bima, Menado, Sangier-eilanden, Talau-eilanden, Ternate, Batjan, Gilolo en omliggende eilanden, Banda-eilanden, Amboina, Haroekoe, Saparoea, Noussalaut, Zuidkust van Ceram, Boeroe, Boano, Banka, Palembang, Riouw, Benkoelen, Sumatra's West-Kust, Floris, Timor, Rotty, Borneo's West-Kust, en Borneo's Zuid- en Oost-Kust; gedaan gedurende het tijdvak van 1852-1857 (in Dutch). M. Wijt. pp. 442. de groote Banjersche rivier (de Barito).
  4. Nederlandsch-Indië (1838). "Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië" (in Dutch). 1–2. Lands-drukk.: 6. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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