Baram River

The fifth one in Top 10 Longest Rivers in Malaysia that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Baram River. The Baram River is a river on the island of Borneo that flows through Sarawak. The river rises in the Kelabit Highlands, a watershed separated from Sarawak by the Iran Mountains of East Kalimantan. The river travels westward to the South China Sea, passing through tropical rainforest. The Baram River empties into a delta, which is separated into two sections: the Middle-Late Miocene East Barma Delta and the Late Miocene-Quaternary West Barma Delta. The western unit is made up of organic-rich mudstones (with a total organic carbon content of more than 1.0 wt%) that contain significant oil and gas potential.

Since 1882, when the then-Sultan of Brunei gave the White Rajah of Sarawak an area of 10,000 square miles (30,000 km2) in exchange for a perpetual annual payment of 6000 dollars, the Baram river basin has been part of Sarawak.

The Miri-Baram Highway, Federal Route, crosses the river not far from its mouth on the Batang Baram Bridge, was opened in 2003. The settlement of Marudi is about 100 kilometers upstream.

Length: 400 km (250 mi)