Kinta River

Kinta River
Sungai Kinta
Mouth near Teluk Intan into the Perak River
Basin countries Perak, Malaysia
Length 100 km
Basin area 2540 km²[1]

Kinta River (Malay: Sungai Kinta) is a river in Perak, Malaysia. It gives its name to the Kinta Valley which surrounds Ipoh, a town on the river. There are many limestone hills in this area and there used to be many tin mines. The probably largest tin field in the world was discovered in 1876 in the Kinta Valley[2] Kinta River is one of the main branches of the Perak River.

Major settlements

Major settlements along the river are:

References

  1. ↑ Revised equations for Manning’s coefficient for sand-bed rivers. URL assessed on 6 October 2012
  2. ↑ Tin chapter, Page 112. URL assessed on 6 October 2012

Coordinates: 4°05′40″N 101°00′45″E / 4.09444°N 101.01250°E