Rajang River

The delta of the Rajang aufgenomman from space.

The Rajang is a river or stream on the island of Borneo. It flows through the Malaysian state of Sarawak and is 563 km the longest river in Malaysia. The Rajang is produced in Iran mountains in the center of Borneo from the confluence of several smaller rivers. Before it empties into the South China Sea in the northwest of the island, he reaches a width of more than one kilometer and is distributed in a 6500 km ² large delta. The state of Sarawak is sparsely populated, lie along the river course only three larger settlements, the towns of Sibu, Kapit and Kanowit.

Riverside Balui, one of the feeds of the Rajang, created in the settlement area of ​​the Orang Ulu, a subgroup of the Dayak, not far from the Bakun hydroelectric project waterfalls Bakun. Once completed it would be the largest dam in Malaysia.

Hydrometrie

The flow rate of flow was recorded in delta with a plurality of measuring points. The observed mean annual flow was 3,600 m³ / s powered by an area of ​​approximately 50,000 km ² in these measurements.

The average monthly flow of the river Rajang ( in m³ / s)