Barito River
| Barito River Sungai Barito, Sungai Dusun, Sungi Banjer, Sungi Dunsun, Sungai Baritu, Sungai Banjar, Sungai Banjarmasin, Sungai Banjar Besar | |
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Barito and other rivers in Central and South Kalimantan | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Murung River |
| • location | Müller Mountain Range |
| Mouth | |
• location | Java Sea |
• coordinates | 3°30′55″S 114°29′28″E / 3.51528°S 114.49111°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | Barito–Murung 1,090 km (680 mi) |
| Basin size | 81,675 km2 (31,535 sq mi) |
| Width | |
| • average | 250–400 m (820–1,310 ft) |
| Depth | |
| • average | 8–18 m (26–59 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Barito Delta |
| • average | 4,514 m3/s (159,400 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Java Sea |
| River system | Barito River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Murung, Lampuya, Babuat, Laung, Lahei, Montallat, Tapen, Ajuh, Karau, Napu, Paminggir, Negara, Martapura |
| • right | Joloi, Bakanon, Lemu, Muning, Mangkatip, Kapuas |
The Barito River is the second longest river in Borneo, Indonesia after the Kapuas River with a total length of 1,090 km (680 mi) and a drainage basin of over 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It originates in the Müller Mountain Range, from where it flows southward into the Java Sea. Its most important affluent is the Negara and Martapura, and it passes through the city of Banjarmasin.
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.