Kinabatangan River

The second one in Top 10 Longest Rivers in Malaysia that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Kinabatangan River. The Kinabatangan River flows through Sandakan Division in Malaysia's northern state of Sabah. With a length of 560 kilometers (350 miles) from its headwaters in the mountains of southwest Sabah to its mouth in the Sulu Sea, east of Sandakan, it is Malaysia's second longest river. The limestone caverns at Gomantong Hill, dryland dipterocarp forests, riverine forest, freshwater swamp forest, oxbow lakes, and salty mangrove swamps near the coast are among the area's high-biodiversity habitats.

The river area, which includes Labang and Kuamut, dates back to the Early and Middle Miocene, while the Maliau Basin's river system dates back to the Early and Late Miocene.

The area around the river mouth is made up of Middle Miocene chaotic deposits. Excessive logging and land clearing for plantations have severely disrupted the ecology of the upper reaches of the river, but the original lowland forests and mangrove swamps near the coast have largely survived, providing a haven for a population of saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and containing some of Borneo's highest wildlife concentrations. The demand for freshwater fish is always high in many settlements along the river, where the residents' livelihoods are heavily reliant on the money from their catches. The northeast monsoon's drenching rains lead the river to swell rapidly every year. The river exceeds its banks and stretches across the flat ground of its lower sections, forming a massive floodplain, as it is unable to disgorge into the sea quickly enough.

Length: 560 km (350 mi)