Tabalong River
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| Tabalong River Batang Tabalon, Batang Tabalong, Sungai Tabalon | |
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  River mouth location in Kalimantan | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of the Left Tabalong River and Right Tabalong River |
| • location | Tabalong Regency |
| Mouth | Negara River |
• location | Amuntai |
| Length | 45 km (28 mi) |
| Width | |
| • average | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Depth | |
| • average | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Tabalong |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bentot River; Anyar River |
The Tabalong River (Indonesian: Sungai Tabalong; Banjar: Batang Tabalong) is a river traversing Tabalong Regency, in the province of South Kalimantan, Indonesia.[1][2] The river flows into the Negara River. It is a confluence of two tributaries: the Left Tabalong and Right Tabalong rivers.
The river has a length of 45 km, width of 80 metres and average depth of 3.5 metres.[3]
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The river flows in the southeast area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2982 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 392 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 101 mm rainfall.[6]