This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Malaysia. The rivers are grouped by strait or sea. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. The rivers that have their mouths in Malaysia are given in italics. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.
Rivers by international borders
Rivers by state borders
Rivers flowing into the Celebes Sea
Sabah
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Kalabakan River
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Kalumpang River
Kalumpang is a mukim in Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and ...
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Serudong River
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Silabukan River
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Tawau River
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Tingkayu River
Rivers flowing into the South China Sea
Johor
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Pulai River (22 km)
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Johor River (122.7 km)
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Endau River (280 km)
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Sembrong River (110 km)
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Jemaluang River (40 km)
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Mersing River (60 km)
Kelantan
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Golok River (110 km)
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Kelantan River (248 km)
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Nenggeri River (52 km)
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Galas River (87 km)
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Lebir River (87 km)
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Kemasin River
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Semerak River
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Raja Gali River
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Pengkalan Datu River
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Mak Neralang River
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Bachok River
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Pengkalan Chepa River (10 km)
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Melawi River, Bachok
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Sungai Dua River, Bachok
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Tapang River
Pahang
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Jerantut River (13 km)
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Jeransang River (17 km)
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Beletil River (18 km)
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Besul River (10 km)
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Betong River
Betong may refer to:
* Places in Sarawak, Malaysia:
** Betong, Sarawak (town)
** Betong Division
** Betong (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat
* Places in Yala Province, Thailand
** Betong, Thailand – Town
** Betong distri ...
(20 km)
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Burau River (12 km)
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Serting River
Serting is a small town in Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor o ...
(40 km)
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Bera River (60 km)
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Cerating River (52 km)
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Anak Endau River (110 km)
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Endau River (280 km)
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Kuantan River (86 km)
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Pahang River (459 km)
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Jelai River (97 km)
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Lipis River (32 km)
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Tembeling River (110 km)
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Kechau River (63 km)
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Tanum River Tanum may refer to:
* Tanum Municipality in Sweden
* Tanum, Norway in Bærum, Norway
* Tanum (company), a Norwegian bookstore chain owned by Egmont
* Mintil language
Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum, Tanɨm, or Mayah) is an Aslian language ...
(12.5 km)
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Telang River (33 km)
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Tahan River
The Tahan River ( ms, Sungai Tahan) is a river that flows through Taman Negara in Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malay ...
(135 km)
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Pontian River, Pahang (27 km)
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Rompin River Rompin River ( ms, Sungai Rompin) is a river in the Malaysian state of Pahang. It flows through the southeastern part of Pahang before emptying into the South China Sea.
See also
* List of rivers of Malaysia
This is an incomplete list of rivers ...
(83 km)
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Keratong River (22 km)
Sabah
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Apas River
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Bandau River, Sabah
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Betotan River
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Binsuluk River
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Bongawan River (32 km)
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Bongaya River
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Bongon River
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Brantian River
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Bukau River
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Burong River
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Gum-Gum Besar River
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Inanam River
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Jeragan Bistari River
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Kaindangan River
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Karamuak River
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Kanibongan River
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Keguraan River
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Kimanis River
Kimanis (Chinese: 金馬利) is a town and also a parliamentary constituency in Papar District, West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located approximately 45 kilometres south of the city of Kota Kinabalu, halfway between Papar and ...
(31 km)
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Klagan River
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Klias River
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Kolapis River
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Kretam Besar River
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Lakutan River
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Langkon River
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Linayukan River
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Mamahat River
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Manalunan River
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Maruap River
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Membakut River
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Mengalong River
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Mengkabong River
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Merotai River
Merotai is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.
History
Election results
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Milau River
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Millian River
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Moyog River
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Mumiang River
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Padas River (120 km)
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Papar River
The Papar River ( ms, Sungai Papar) is a river in West Coast Division, northwestern 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, northwest of Papar tow ...
(80 km)
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Pegagau River
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Pimpin River
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Sabahan River
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Sahabat River
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Samawang River
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Sapagaya River
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Segaliud River
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Sekong Besar River
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Sengarong River
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Sepagaya River
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Sibunga Besar River
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Simandalan River
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Sinsilog River
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Suanlamba Besar River
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Sulaman River
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Tandek River
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Tanjung Labian River
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Tatulit River
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Tegupi River
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Telaga River
Telaga is a community of agriculturists (Kapu (caste), Kapus) in the Coastal Andhra, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, concentrated in the West Godavari district, West and East Godavari districts. They are also found in smaller numbers in Visakhapatnam d ...
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Tempasuk River (21.5 km)
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Kedamaian River (52 km)
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Warlu River (33 km)
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Kawang Kawang River (21 km)
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Tiram River, Sabah
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Tuaran River (80 km)
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Ulu Tungku River
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Umas Umas River
Sarawak
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Balingian River
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Baram River
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Bayan River
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Bedengan River
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Kayan River
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Kemena River The Kemena River ( ms, Sungai Kemena) is a river in Bintulu Division, Sarawak state, Malaysia. It flows past Sebauh and Bintulu
Bintulu is a coastal town on the island of Borneo in the central region of Sarawak, Malaysia. Bintulu is located 61 ...
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Kerian River, Sarawak
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Lawas River
Lawas ( ms, Pekan Lawas) is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. This district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 46,200. It is 1,200 km from the state ...
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Likau River
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Limbang River
Limbang is a border town and the capital of Limbang District in the Limbang Division of northern Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. This district area is 3,978.10 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 56,900. I ...
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Lupar River
The Lupar River ( ms, Sungai Batang Lupar or Batang Lupar) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. The river mouth is located in between Sebuyau and Kampung Teriso, in Sri Aman Division.
Overview
The Lupar River flows from the Klinkang Range towards ...
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Maludam River
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Matu River
The Matu District is a district in Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Before Mukah Division was established, Matu was within Sibu Division. There are more than 20 villages in the district, with Melanau making up the majority of the populati ...
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Mukah River
Mukah ( muːkəh), historically known as Muka is a coastal town which serves as the capital and the administrative center of the Mukah Division since 1 March 2002.
The district also covers an area of with a population about 49,900 in the Mu ...
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Niah River
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Nyalau River
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Oya River
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Pandaruan River
The Pandaruan River ( ms, Sungai Pandaruan) is a river that forms an international border on the island of Borneo, between Temburong, Brunei and Limbang, Malaysia. It is located at the river mouth of the Brunei Bay.
History
On 4 May 1968, the ...
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Rajang River
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Balleh River
Balleh River ( ms, Sungai Balleh) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Rajang River. In 1983 it was navigated by Redmond O'Hanlon and James Fenton. The journey is described in O'Hanlon's book, Into the Heart of Borneo.
See als ...
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Balui River
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Bangkit River Bangkit River ( ms, Sungai Bangkit) is a river in Sarawak state, Malaysia
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Bintangor River
Bintangor River ( ms, Sungai Bintangor) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a tributary to the Rajang River. The river has previously had issues with pollution, but in recent years initiatives have been undertaken to improve the situation.
See ...
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Igan River
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Katibas River Katibas River ( ms, Sungai Katibas) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Rajang River.
See also
* List of rivers of Malaysia
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Malaysia. The rivers are grouped ...
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Rambungan River
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Sadong River
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Salak River
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Samarahan River
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Samusam River
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Santubong River The Santubong River ( ms, Sungai Santubong) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It flows from the Sarawak River north to the coastal city of Santubong ( :ms:Santubong) where it empties into the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal se ...
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Sarawak River
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Maong River
The Maong River ( ms, Sungai Maong) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Sarawak River, joining it about half a kilometer from the city center of Kuching, the capital city of the state of Sarawak.Atack, Katherine (2006) ''A fi ...
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Padungan River
The Padungan River ( ms, Sungai Padungan) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a tributary to the Sarawak River, and flows through Kuching, the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Saraw ...
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Saribas River
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Sarupai Sadupai River
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Sebuyau River
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Sematan River
Sematan (also known as Simatan) is a small town settlement in Lundu District, Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately west-north-west of the state capital Kuching
Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most pop ...
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Sembakung River
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Siang Siang River
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Sibu Laut River
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Sibuti River
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Similajau River
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Sparan River
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Suai River
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Tatau River
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Telong River
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Terusan River
Terusan (also known as Trusan) is a settlement in Sabah, Malaysia. It is about three feet above sea level, and the approximate population within a seven-kilometer radius was 818 as of 2004.
Terengganu
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Besut River
Besut is a district in Terengganu, Malaysia. It is bordered by the state of Kelantan to the north and west and the South China Sea to the east. It is the northern gateway to Terengganu. Kampung Raja is the district capital, though Jerteh i ...
(69 km)
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Kenak River (13 km)
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Pelagat River (28 km)
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Jengai River (63 km)
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Dungun River (88.4 km)
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Ibai River Ibai is a Basque male name. Notable people with the name include:
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*Ibai Gómez (born 1989), Spanish footballer
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*Ibai ...
(18 km)
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Nerus River (105.1 km)
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Merang River (8 km)
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Keluang Besar River
Keluang is a district in the Musi Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra Province, Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-larges ...
(19 km)
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Kemaman River (167 km)
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Kertih River (12 km)
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Cukai River
Cukai is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu ...
(24 km)
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Tebak River (29 km)
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Ibok River (28 km)
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Jabor River (24 km)
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Cherol River (37 km)
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Marang River (34 km)
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Mercang River (29 km)
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Paka River, Terengganu (41.6 km)
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Setiu River (126 km)
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Terengganu River (20 km)
Rivers flowing into the Strait of Malacca
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
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Buloh River (11.6 km)
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Kerayong River (20 km)
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Midah River (4 km)
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Klang River (120 km:40 km WPKL)
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Gombak River (30 km)
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Langat River (78 km)
Johor
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Johor River (212 km)
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Batu Pahat River (12 km)
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Benut River (30 km)
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Kesang River (37 km)
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Muar River (250 km)
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Segamat River
The Segamat River ( ms, Sungai Segamat) is a river which flows within the District of Segamat, Johor, Malaysia which also flows through Segamat town center. The source of the river is at Gunung Besar which is located within Endau Rompin National P ...
(23 km)
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Emas River (85 km)
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Pontian kecil River
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* Pope Pontian (died 235), 3rd-century Catholic Pope
* Pontian Greeks, a group of ethnic Greeks traditionally from the Pontus and Pontic Mountains regions in northern Turkey
* Pontian Islands, a group of islands on the coast o ...
(25 km)
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Pontian Besar River (16.5 km)
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Sanglang River
Sanglang is a small town located in Perlis, Malaysia.
Economy
The majority of the people in Sanglang work as farmers or fishermen. There is also growing number of "birds nests farmers".
Sanglang actually situated at the border between the state ...
(22.5 km)
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Sarang Buaya River The Sarang Buaya River ( ms, Sungai Sarang Buaya) is a river in Johor, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen s ...
(8 km)
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Sedili Besar River (57 km)
Kedah
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Kedah River (92 km)
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Kerian River (90 km)
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Merbok River (45 km)
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Muda River (203 km)
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Pedu River (31 km)
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Tajar River (8.5 km)
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Pendang River
The Pendang District is a town, a district and a parliamentary constituency in Kedah, Malaysia. The district is primarily covered with paddy fields with agriculture being its main economic activity. Pendang town is about 20 km from state ...
(55 km)
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Kulim River (19.2 km)
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Tekai River (31 km)
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Padang Terap River (50 km)
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Anak Bukit River (15 km)
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Padang Kerbau River
Padang () is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With a Census population of 1,015,000 as of 2022, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia and the most populous city on the west coast of Sumatra. ...
(29 km)
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Dingin River (8 km)
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Sedim River (68 km)
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Baling River (10 km)
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Ketil River (103.6 km)
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Baling River (10.7 km)
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Chepir River (27 km
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Yan Kechil River (12 km)
Malacca
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Udang River (7 km)
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Duyong River (15 km)
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Kesang River (37 km)
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Linggi River (84 km)
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Malacca River (40 km)
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Muar River (250 km)
Negeri Sembilan
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Kesang River (37 km)
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Langat River (78 km)
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Linggi River (84 km)
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Lukut Besar River
Lukut ( Jawi: لوكوت; zh, 芦骨) is a suburb located to the northeast of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
It was once part of Selangor, serving as a thriving tin mining town in the early 19th-century before being ceded to Su ...
(22 km)
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Malacca River (40 km)
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Muar River (250 km)
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Tampin River (11 km)
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Batang Melaka River Batang may refer to:
Places China
;A Chinese county:
* Batang County (巴塘县), a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
;Chinese towns:
* Batang, Sichuan (巴塘镇), the seat of Batang County, Sichuan
* Batang, Guangxi ( ...
(28.5 km)
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Gemencheh River
Gemencheh (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Moncheh'') is a mukim in Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/TAMPIN_PROFIL_JANUARI_2011.pdf The Gemencheh Bridge is famous for being ground for the Battle ...
(55.5 km)
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Gemas River (33 km)
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Sepang River
Pekan Sepang is a small border town and also a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit in the western part of the town, where the Malaysian Grand Prix, Malaysian F1 Grand Prix was and Malaysian motorcycle ...
(30 km)
Penang
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Juru River (19 km)
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Perai River (73 km)
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Jawi River
Jawi may refer to:
People and languages
*Australia:
** Jawi dialect, a nearly extinct Australian aboriginal language
** Jawi people, an Australian Aboriginal people of the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, who speak or spoke the Jawi dialect
...
(15 km)
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Kerian River (90 km)
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Relau River
Relau is a residential neighbourhood located southwest of the centre of George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang.
Etymology
Relau is believed to be named after charcoal kilns (Malay: ''relau'') that had been built with ...
(3.2 km)
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Teluk Bahang River (2 km)
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Air Putih River (11.8 km)
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Pinang River (3.1 km)
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Air Itam River (3.8 km)
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Dondang River (6.4 km)
Perak
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Bernam River (200 km)
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Beruas River (37.3 km)
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Jarum Mas River (4 km)
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Kerian River (90 km)
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Kurau River Kurau may refer to:
People
*Johann Walter-Kurau, a Latvian painter
* Peter Kurau, an American musician
Locations
* Kurau, Budaun, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Kuala Kurau, a mukim in Perak, Malaysia
** Kuala Kurau (state constituency), a st ...
(92 km)
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Larut River (Jaha River) (25 km)
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Manjung River (18 km)
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Perak River (427 km)
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Kinta River (100 km)
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Sangga Besar River (Sepetang River) (33 km)
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Temerloh River
Temerloh is a municipality in central Pahang, Malaysia. Temerloh has been proven to be the "centre of Peninsular Malaysia" (Malay: ) 3TS, which is situated at Kampung Paya Siput, Lanchang.
Located about from Kuala Lumpur along the Kuantan–K ...
(14 km)
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Dinding River
Dinding River ( ms, Sungai Dinding) is the major river in Manjung district in Perak, Malaysia.
See also
* List of rivers of Malaysia
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Malaysia. The rivers are grouped by strait ...
(15 km)
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Tiram River, Perak (3.6 km)
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Bidor River (17.9 km)
Perlis
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Besar River, Perlis (6.5 km)
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Perlis River (11.8 km)
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Korok River
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(17 km)
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Mati River (13.3 km)
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Abi River
Abi or ABI may refer to:
Organizations
United States
* American Bankruptcy Institute
* American Beverage Institute
* American Biographical Institute
* Applied Biosystems Inc.
Elsewhere
* Agencia Boliviana de Información, a Bolivian press a ...
(13.9 km)
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Arau River
Arau is the royal capital of Perlis, Malaysia with a population of around 20,000. The red-roofed Istana (Royal Palace) is a mixture of colonial and pseudo-Moorish architectural styles.
This town is the disembarkation point for visitors travell ...
(21.5 km)
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Tasoh River (9.6 km)
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Santan River (10 km)
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Panggas River (7 km)
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Jernih River (8 km)
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Pelarik River (8.5 km)
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Batu Pahat River (6 km)
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Gial River (7.8 km)
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Kechor River (7 km)
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Jarum River (10.3 km)
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Temenggung River (6.75 km)
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Kayang River (6.4 km)
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Siran River (7.5 km)
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Chuping River (5.5 km)
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Kurong Batang River (4.7 km)
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Lencong Utara (5.5 km)
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Jalan Perlis River (5.3 km)
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Mentaloon River (5.5 km)
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Chuchoh River (4.8 km)
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Repoh River (4.5 km)
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Kurong Tengar River (4 km)
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Padang River
Padang () is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With a Census population of 1,015,000 as of 2022, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia and the most populous city on the west coast of Sumatra. Th ...
(4.2 km)
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Ngulang River (3.2 km)
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Tok Pulau River
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*Toki Pona (ISO 639-3 code), a constructed language
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* ''Tok'', the Hungarian name for Toc village, Săvârșin ...
(3.7 km)
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Jejawi River
Jejawi is a small town in Perlis, Malaysia.
Towns in Perlis
Mukims of Perlis
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