Kapuas

[ kah-poo-ahs ]

noun

1. a river in W Kalimantan, in central Borneo, flowing SW to the South China Sea. 710 miles (1,142 km) long.

Example Sentences

The Madi plateau lies between the Kapuas and the Schwaner chains.

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The Kapuas valley has so far yielded the largest quantity, and Pontianak is, for diamonds, the principal port of export.

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Of these the shortest embraces the north-western slope, north of the Kapuas range, and discharges its waters into the China Sea.

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