Mendawai River or Katingan River is a river of

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...

, it is located in

Central Kalimantan Central Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Tengah) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. Its provincial capital is Palangka Raya and in 2010 its population was over 2.2 million, while the 20 ...

, Indonesia. With a total length of . The longhouses of the Pendahara are located along the river in its upper course. The river has its source in the Schwaner Mountain Range.

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of

with predominantly

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 20 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2991 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 476 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 75 mm rainfall.

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{{Rivers of Kalimantan Rivers of Central Kalimantan Rivers of Indonesia

Geography

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