The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . ys and as lines along which run themain arteries of population. Hydrographically the island maybe divided into five principal versants. Of these the shortestembraces the north-western slope, north of the Kapuas range,and discharges its waters into the China Sea. The most importantof its rivers are the Sarawak, the Batang-Lupar, the Sarebas, theRejang (navigable for more than 100 m.), the Baram, theLimbangor Brunei river, and the Padas. The rivers of British NorthBorneo to the north of the Padas are
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . ys and as lines along which run themain arteries of population. Hydrographically the island maybe divided into five principal versants. Of these the shortestembraces the north-western slope, north of the Kapuas range,and discharges its waters into the China Sea. The most importantof its rivers are the Sarawak, the Batang-Lupar, the Sarebas, theRejang (navigable for more than 100 m.), the Baram, theLimbangor Brunei river, and the Padas. The rivers of British NorthBorneo to the north of the Padas are of no importance and ofscant practical utility, owing to the fact that the mountain rangehere approaches very closely to the coast with which it runsparallel. In the south-western versant the largest river is theKapuas, which, rising near the centre of the island, falls into thesea between Mampawa and Sukadana after a long and windingcourse. This river, of volume varying with the tide and theamount of rainfall, is normally navigable by small steamers and fORI^EO m BORNEO Scale, l-iS^ native pra)hiUB,^Laidraught of 4 to 5 ft., for 300 to 40D m.,that istdsay,frohiPbffitianakupta>SiiltaHg,and thencieas far as BenutjThe middle part of thisriv^r, Wider and more ishallo*! than thelower. reachesj-giveS rise to a regionof inundation and lafces;whichextendnas! far as the mortherii niouBtaih ichaini AmOlig; itsconsideraBle tributaries iaay be mentioned the southern MelaWiwithdtsaffl It reaches theseathroiighseveraldianiJels in a wide maishyj delta- Thet Sambas, north of navigable in its lower course for vessels drawing^2g lying totheisbutsh of the ^^apuas, butlof less importance inthe way!OiisizeJiciomm6rce andsnavigation, are the Simpang^Pa wan ami Kanflkwdiigan, in the neighboikrhood of whose liioutbs,or upbn the- adjkcent coast jthe: 1 principal native; villages airesituated in each-case. The Barito, Which is the principal rivier ofthe southern ver
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