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Batang Hari

The 368th longest river in the world

800 km

The Batang Hari (Indonesian: Sungai Batanghari) is the longest river in Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 600 kilometres (370 mi) northwest of the capital Jakarta.

Flows through: Indonesia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

Other major rivers

  1. Amazon6,992 km
  2. Nile6,650 km
  3. Yangtze River6,300 km
  4. Bian River5,806 km
  5. Yellow River5,464 km
  6. Paraná River4,880 km
  7. River Congo4,700 km
  8. Mekong River4,350 km