River
Dong Nai River
586 km from source to mouth · Vietnam.
VietnamFlows into South China Sea4th longest in Vietnam
In numbers
Length
586km
Average flow
1,100m³/s
Basin
38,600km²
Drop
1,315m
from 1,315 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
586 km of river and 14 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,315 m
- 3 kmLake Dankia0.3 km²
- 55 kmHuyện Lâm Hà144,707 people
- 63 kmĐinh Văn16,036 people
- 459 kmTrị An Lake277 km²
- 470 kmBe Rivertributary
- 531 kmHóa An Bridge
- 533 kmBiên Hòa1,272,235 people
- 534 kmThong Nhat bridge
- 534 kmHiep Hoa bridge
- 535 kmGhenh Bridge
- 536 kmBuu Hoa bridge
- 538 kmAn Hao bridge
- 540 kmDong Nai Bridge
- 580 kmSaigon Rivertributary
- 586 kmSouth China Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Vietnam
At the mouth it carries 1,060 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 2.4 seconds. It drops from 1,315 m to 0 m, 2.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 38,600 km², about the size of GW. 5.3 million people live in it. Highest water: from September to October; lowest: from January to April. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (11% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Biên HòaLargest city on its banks · 1,272,235 people
- Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 24 km from the city
- On the water24 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From December to MarchThe best months to visit
Dong Nai River, month by month
Highest water: from September to October
Lowest water: from January to April. Best months to visit: from December to March.
From about 150 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,500 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
Dong Nai River: the basin in numbers
23,886 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 5.3millionpeople live in the basin
- 227/km²people per km²
- 472maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,143mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 23.8°Caverage air temperature
- 9%protected areas
- 1.6%covered by lakes
- 3.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 30% Forest
- 10% Cropland
- 1% Pasture
- 10% Towns and cities
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
Dong Nai River: what you find on the way
- 5Weirs
- 7WaterfallsAnkroet Falls, Golden valley, Thác Liên Guich and 4 more
- 23Ferry piersBến đò Tân Lương, Bến đò Tân Lương 1, Bến đò Tân Lương 2 and 20 more
- 1Marinas
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Dong Nai 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.
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
11mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lake Dankiakm 20.3km²
- Trị An Lakekm 346277km²
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Mountains at the source (11)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Langbiang9.8 km away2,167m
- Đỉnh Dốc Cổng Trời12 km away1,826m
- Núi Signère14 km away1,533m
- Pra Léan14 km away1,518m
- Cù Hill9.7 km away
- Mộng Mơ hill8.2 km away
- You Lou Rouet4.6 km away
- Núi Benom Da Treu12 km away
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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
Dong Nai River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
CambodiaWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2330067) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth 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 — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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