Pulai River

{{Short description|River of Johor, Malaysia}}

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| native_name ={{native name|ms|Sungai Pulai}}

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| image = Pulai river mouth.JPG

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| image_caption = Mouth of Pulai River in Tanjung Pelepas.

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| subdivision_name1 = Malaysia

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| subdivision_name2 = Johor

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| custom_label = Preservation status

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Sungai Pulai

| designation1_date = 31 January 2003

| designation1_number = 1288{{Cite web |title=Sungai Pulai |url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1288 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Ramsar Sites Information Service}}}}

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The Pulai River ({{langx|ms|Sungai Pulai}}) is a river in Johor, Malaysia. It runs from Mount Pulai in Kulai District until Tanjung Pelepas, draining into the Tebrau Straits. At its mouth lies the single largest seagrass bed in Malaysia,{{Citation |author=Ahmad Nazri bin Muhamad Ludin |author2=Noradila Rusli |date=2011 |title=Mapping of Seagrass Along Sungai Pulai, Johor, Malaysia |url=http://www.epublication.fab.utm.my/85/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601103057/http://epublication.fab.utm.my/85/ |archive-date=1 June 2016 |mode=cs1}} which extends all the way to Pulau Merambong. Sungai Pulai is also a mangrove forest reserve.{{Cite journal |author=I. Mohd Hasmadi |author2=H. Z. Pakhriazad |author3=K. Norlida |date=2011 |title=Remote Sensing for Mapping RAMSAR Heritage Site at Sungai Pulai Mangrove Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia |url=http://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-40-2-2011/01%20Mohd%20Hasmadi.pdf |journal=Sains Malaysiana |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=83–88}} The site is being studied to help manage the vast mangrove ecosystem, with assistance from University of Technology Malaysia and the National University of Malaysia, in line with the Integrated Management Plan for the sustainable use of mangroves in Johor.[http://www.sustainability.utm.my/cipd/files/2011/10/Mapping-of-Seagrass-Along-Sungai-Pulai-Johor-Malaysia.pdf Mapping of Seagrass Along Sungai Pulai, Johor, Malaysia.]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

Sungai Pulai is also a Ramsar site, one of the few locations in the world recognized as a wetland of international importance.{{Cite web |title=Ministry Seeks Cooperation from All Parties to Conserve Wetlands |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/home/ministry-seeks-cooperation-from-all-parties-to-conserve-wetlands-AY6463615 |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=The Sun Daily |language=en-MY}}