River
Pahang River
459 km from source to mouth · Malaysia.
MalaysiaFlows into South China Sea2nd longest in Malaysia
In numbers
Length
459km
Average flow
600m³/s
Basin
29,300km²
Drop
1,080m
from 1,080 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
459 km of river and 11 stops on the way: 6 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,080 m
- 52 kmLata Kambing
- 105 kmKuala Lipis15,448 people
- 168 kmKampung Teh8,350 people
- 169 kmJerantut33,606 people
- 258 kmSultan Ahmad Shah II Bridge
- 267 kmTemerluh59,916 people
- 268 kmSultan Ahmad Shah Bridge
- 402 kmPaluh Hinai Bridge
- 447 kmAbu Bakar Bridge
- 449 kmPekan31,826 people
- 455 kmKuala Pahang12,540 people
- 459 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 Malaysia
At the mouth it carries 596 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 4.2 seconds. It drops from 1,080 m to 0 m, 2.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 29,300 km², about the size of AM. 1.0 million people live in it. Highest water: from December to January. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- TemerluhLargest city on its banks · 59,916 people
- Kuantan Airport (KUA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 95 km from the cityCar hire at KUL airport (Sepang)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water5 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
Pahang River, month by month
Highest water: from December to January
Best months to visit: from January to February and from June to August.
From about 550 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,800 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
Pahang River: the basin in numbers
28,865 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.0millionpeople live in the basin
- 35/km²people per km²
- 275maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,447mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 25.1°Caverage air temperature
- 21%protected areas
What covers the basin
- 55% Forest
- 25% Cropland
- 1% 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
Pahang River: what you find on the way
- 1Boat ramps
- 4Ferry piers
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Pahang 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.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
5mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Lata Kambingkm 49
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Mountains at the source (5)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Bukit Buluh11 km away364m
- Bukit Ibun1.6 km away148m
- Bukit Irut8.4 km away
- Bukit Jenderus6.4 km away
- Bukit Tamar13 km away
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
Pahang River in pictures
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1783725) · 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 | Cascadyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every source and licence is on the data sources page.
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