River
Barito River
900 km from source to mouth · Indonesia.
IndonesiaFlows into Java Sea3rd longest in Indonesia
In numbers
Length
900km
Average flow
3,100m³/s
Basin
100,000km²
Drop
483m
from 483 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
900 km of river and 8 stops on the way: 2 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmMüller Mountainsat 483 m
- 437 kmMuara Teweh46,652 people
- 601 kmDanau Masura1.1 km²
- 611 kmDanau Palui2.4 km²
- 613 kmDanau Sadar1.3 km²
- 625 kmDanau Limut2.2 km²
- 648 kmDanau Mutar0.7 km²
- 833 kmKualakapuas35,632 people
- 835 kmKapuas Rivertributary
- 900 kmJava Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
At the mouth it carries 3,051 m³/s on average: 1.2 Olympic pools every second. It drops from 483 m to 0 m, 0.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 100,000 km², about the size of KR. 933,000 people live in it. Highest water: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Muara TewehLargest city on its banks · 46,652 people
- Warukin Airport (TJG)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 153 km from the cityCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water11 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From January to February and from June to AugustThe best months to visit
Barito River, month by month
Highest water: from January to April
Best months to visit: from January to February and from June to August.
From about 1,800 m³/s in the lowest month to 4,000 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Barito River: the basin in numbers
60,622 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 933,000people live in the basin
- 16/km²people per km²
- 207maverage altitude of the basin
- 3,175mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 25.5°Caverage air temperature
- 11%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 65% Forest
- 21% Cropland
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Barito River: what you find on the way
- 10Ferry piersDermaga Patih Rumbih and 9 more
- 1MarinasPelabuhan Pendopo/Speedboat Muara Teweh
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Barito River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
5lakes on its wayLakeyas
2mountains at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Lakes and reservoirs (5)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Danau Masurakm 5781.1km²
- Danau Paluikm 5882.4km²
- Danau Sadarkm 5901.3km²
- Danau Limutkm 6012.2km²
- Danau Mutarkm 6240.7km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Mountains at the source (2)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mountain Liyang9.0 km away
- Mountain Batu Sambang8.1 km away
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Kaget Island26 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Barito River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (11)
Also: Martapura River, Kapuas River, Negara River, Kuin River, Alalak River, Anjir Mulawarman, Batas Belitung Darat River, Belitung Darat River, Duyung River, Sigaling River, Ulak River
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q979518) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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