Barito River

{{short description|Major river in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Barito River

| name_other = {{nobold|Sungai Barito}}, {{nobold|Sungai Dusun}}, {{nobold|Sungi Banjer}}, {{nobold|Sungi Dunsun}}, {{nobold|Sungai Baritu}}, {{nobold|Sungai Banjar}}, {{nobold|Sungai Banjarmasin}}, {{nobold|Sungai Banjar Besar}}

| image = Kahayan River.jpg

| map =

| image_caption = Barito and other rivers in Central and South Kalimantan

| pushpin_map = Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia

| pushpin_map_size = 285

| pushpin_map_caption= Location of river mouth

| source1 =Murung River

| source1_location = Müller Mountain Range

| mouth_location = Java Sea

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Indonesia

| length =Barito–Murung {{cvt|1,090|km|mi|abbr=on}}{{Citation |title=Strategi & Kebijakan Pengelolaan Wilayah Sungai Barito - Kapuas dalam Rangka Mendukung Pengembangan Kawasan Perkotaan yang Berkelanjutan |url=https://id.scribd.com/doc/211844751 |type=Slide deck |language=id |mode=cs1 |via=Scribd}}

| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|0|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

| discharge1_location=Barito Delta

| discharge1_avg =

{{cvt|4,514|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences|doi=10.1002/2016JG003701|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317140380|last1=Ting-Hsuan|first1=Huang|last2=Chen-Tung|first2=Arthur Chen|last3=Hsiao-Chun|first3=Tseng|last4=Jiann-Yuh|first4=Lou|last5=Shu Lun|first5=Wang|last6=Liyang|first6=Yang|last7=Selvaraj|first7=Kandasamy|last8=Xuelu|first8=Gao|last9=Jough-Tai|first9=Wang|last10=Edvin|first10=Aldrian|last11=G.S.|first11=Jacinto|last12=Gusti Z.|first12=Anshari|last13=Penjai|first13=Sompongchaiyakul|last14=B.J.|first14=Wang|title=Riverine carbon fluxes to the South China Sea: Riverine carbon fluxes to the SCS|date=May 2017|s2cid=135024272|volume=122|issue=5|pages =1239–1259 }}

| basin_size = {{cvt|81,675|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}{{Citation |title=Strategi & Kebijakan Pengelolaan Wilayah Sungai Barito - Kapuas dalam Rangka Mendukung Pengembangan Kawasan Perkotaan yang Berkelanjutan |url=https://id.scribd.com/doc/211844751 |type=Slide deck |language=id |mode=cs1 |via=Scribd}}

| tributaries_right = Joloi, Bakanon, Lemu, Muning, Mangkatip, Kapuas{{Cite web |author=M. K. Adamy |date=2 April 2012 |title=Sungai Barito Potensi Alam yang Diabaikan |url=http://kalteng.go.id/ogi/viewarticle.asp?ARTICLE_id=1352 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516054648/http://kalteng.go.id/ogi/viewarticle.asp?ARTICLE_id=1352 |archive-date=2017-05-16 |access-date=2019-01-08 |website=Pemerintah Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah |language=id}}

| tributaries_left = Murung, Lampuya, Babuat, Laung, Lahei, Montallat, Tapen, Ajuh, Karau, Napu, Paminggir, Negara, Martapura

| mouth_coordinates={{coord|3|30|55|S|114|29|28|E|type:_river}}

| width_avg={{cvt|250-400|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kalamanthana.id/2021/06/29/ironis-pelayaran-sungai-barito-kian-padat-peta-alur-sungai-di-barito-utara-belum-ada|title=Kalamanthana}}

| depth_avg={{cvt|8-18|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kalamanthana.id/2021/06/29/ironis-pelayaran-sungai-barito-kian-padat-peta-alur-sungai-di-barito-utara-belum-ada|title=Kalamanthana}}

| progression=Java Sea

| river_system=Barito River{{Cite web|last=Hukum Online|first=|title=Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan No. SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011|url=https://www.hukumonline.com/pusatdata/detail/v2/lt4f2f760d2fff3/keputusan-menteri-kehutanan-nomor-sk511menhutv2011-tahun-2011|language=id}}}}

{{Location map+

|Indonesia Kalimantan

| width=250

| float=right

| label=Kalimantan

| caption= Barito River in Kalimantan

| places=

{{Location map~|Indonesia Kalimantan

|lat_deg=-1.5

|lon_deg= 114.85

|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg

|marksize=12

|label=Barito

|label_width = 8

|label_size= 70

|position= left

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{{Location map~|Indonesia Kalimantan

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|marksize=10

|lat_deg=-3.5

|lon_deg=114.5

|label= Main mouth to Java Sea

|label_width = 8

|label_size= 70

|position=bottom

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File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Houtvlot met verblijfplaats voor de bemanning op de Barito-rivier TMnr 60018691.jpg on the Barito River with housing for the workers (ca.1905-14)]]

The Barito River is the second longest river in Borneo, Indonesia after the Kapuas River with a total length of {{cvt|1,090|km|mi|abbr=on}} and a drainage basin of over {{cvt|80,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It originates in the Müller Mountain Range, from where it flows southward into the Java Sea. Its most important affluent is the Negara and Martapura, and it passes through the city of Banjarmasin.{{Cite magazine |year=1838 |title=Annette Delarbre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lw4wAAAAYAAJ&q=der+groote+Banjersche+rivier&pg=RA1-PA6 |magazine=Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië |language=nl |publisher=Ter Lands-drukkerij |volume=1 |page=6}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nerlandsoostind02buddgoog|quote=de groote Banjersche rivier (de Barito).|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nerlandsoostind02buddgoog/page/n478 442]|title=Neêrlands-Oost-Indië: Reizen over Java, Madura, Makasser, Saleijer, Bima, Menado, Sangier-eilanden, Talau-eilanden, Ternate, Batjan, Gilolo en omliggende eilanden, Banda-eilanden, Amboina, Haroekoe, Saparoea, Noussalaut, Zuidkust van Ceram, Boeroe, Boano, Banka, Palembang, Riouw, Benkoelen, Sumatra's West-Kust, Floris, Timor, Rotty, Borneo's West-Kust, en Borneo's Zuid- en Oost-Kust; gedaan gedurende het tijdvak van 1852-1857|first=Steven Adriaan|last=Buddingh|publisher=M. Wijt|year= 1861|language=nl}}

This river is the location of the closest relative of the Malagasy language of Madagascar, the Ma'anyan language of Dayaks, from where settlers arrived in Madagascar (presumably in waves) from the 3rd to 10th century and from which the current island nation's population largely traces its origins.