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Kelantan River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Kelantan River (Malay: Sungai Kelantan, Kelantanese: Sunga Klate) is a major river in Kelantan, Malaysia. Its drainage basin is about 11,900 km² in northeast Malaysia, including part of the Taman Negara, and flows northwards into the South China Sea. The rainfall over the area varies between 0 mm in the dry season (March–May) to 1,750 mm in the monsoon season (November–January). The average runoff from the area is about 500 m³/s. It is the second longest river in the east coast region and fourth longest river in Peninsular Malaysia behind the Pahang, Perak and Muar, at the length of 248 kilometres (154 mi).

Flows through: Malaysia.

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

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