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Barito River


Barito River, is an 890 km. ( 553 mi ) long river, with a Drainage basin of 100,000 sq.km ( 38,610 sq.km ), the average discharge of the river is 194,230 cu ft/s ( 5,500 m3/s ). located in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It originates in the Muller Mountain Range from where it flows southward into the Java Sea. Its main affluent is the Martapura River and it passes through the city of Banjarmasin.

This river is the location of the closest language to Malagasy language in Africa, belonging to 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.

Coordinates: 3°22′32″S 114°14′13″E / 3.37556°S 114.23694°E / -3.37556; 114.23694



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