The Liwagu River ( ms, Sungai Liwagu) is a river in
West Coast Division
West Coast Division ( ms, Bahagian Pantai Barat) is an administrative division of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies the northwest portion of Sabah. With an area of 7,588 square kilometres, it occupies 10.3% of Sabah's territory. It also has approxim ...
of
Sabah
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,
Malaysia
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, flowing eastwards off the southern slope of
Mount Kinabalu
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into the
Labuk River
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in
Sandakan Division
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. Most parts of the river are covered by
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and
secondary
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forests.
Conservation efforts
The river is home to various habitat including
plant
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,
bird
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and
insect
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species.
Its trail in
Mount Kinabalu National Park is considered to be a preeminent birder's trail. The trail varies between open vistas and dense thickets, but is predominantly open, skirting the ridge-top as it goes along the north side of the river gorge. Some of the bird species include ''
chlamydochaera jefferyi'', ''chlorocharis emiliae emiliae'', ''eumyias indigo cerviniventris'', ''
harpactes whiteheadi
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'', ''
megalaima pulcherrima
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'', ''napothera crassa Luzon'' and ''
zosterops atricapilla
The black-capped white-eye (''Zosterops atricapilla'') is a small passerine from the family Zosteropidae.
Description
It can reach a length between nine and eleven centimetres and looks slightly similar to the Sangkar white-eye. The back is oli ...
''. Several insects species such as the ''graphelmis bandukanensis'', ''liparthum'',
stalk-eyed fly
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(''
teleopsis
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Species
*'' T. adjacens'' Brunetti, 1928
*'' T. afri ...
'') and ''
myrmarachne
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mariaelenae'' also found within the river.
The intensive
agricultural
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activities in
Kundasang Valley
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Environment
The valley were known to be located at the intersec ...
area near the upstream of the river basin however has causing problems concerning the river
water quality
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.
Features
The river is among the destination for
water rafting activities in Sabah aside from
Kiulu and
Padas River
The Padas River ( ms, Sungai Padas) is a river in Interior Division, southwestern Sabah of Malaysia. It has a total length of from its headwaters in the mountains of northwest Sabah to its outlet at the South China Sea, southwest of Beaufort, M ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Malaysia
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References
Further reading
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External links
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{{Geography of Sabah
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