Langat River

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Langat River
Native nameSungai Langat (Malay)
Location
Country Selangor and Putrajaya, Malaysia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Mount Nuang
Mouth  
  location
Carey Island
Length78 km (48 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftSemenyih River, Labu River
Aerial view of Langat River bordering Carey Island in 2023. Aerial of Selangor 2023 13.jpg
Aerial view of Langat River bordering Carey Island in 2023.

The Langat River is a river in Selangor state of Malaysia. The Langat is 78 km long, with a catchment of 2350 km2, [1] and originates from the Titiwangsa Range at Gunung Nuang. It drains westward to the Straits of Malacca. The major tributaries of the Langat River are the Sungai Semenyih and Sungai Labu.

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Towns along the Langat River basin

A Chinese village on Langat (Jugra) River, 1874. 7886265970 0ac2f5e70b o Jugra.jpg
A Chinese village on Langat (Jugra) River, 1874.
Langat River
Location of Langat River

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References

  1. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Management Instruments for Langat River Basin. URL assessed on 29 September 2012

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