River
Klang River
120 km from source to mouth · Malaysia.
MalaysiaFlows into Strait of Malacca3rd longest in Malaysia
In numbers
Length
120km
Average flow
64m³/s
Basin
1,288km²
Drop
87m
from 40 m to -47 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
120 km of river and 19 stops on the way: 17 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 40 m
- 0 kmJinjang13,000 people
- 3 kmSentul100,000 people
- 5 kmTitiwangsa122,096 people
- 5 kmKampung Baru1,587 people
- 6 kmSaloma Link
- 7 kmKuala Lumpur9,000,280 people
- 7 kmBukit Bintang120,529 people
- 10 kmBrickfields12,000 people
- 11 kmSeputeh18,605 people
- 11 kmBangsar40,000 people
- 14 kmTaman Desa25,000 people
- 14 kmBukit Kerinchi35,000 people
- 16 kmKuchai Lama50,000 people
- 17 kmTaman OUG25,989 people
- 24 kmBandar Sunway200,000 people
- 34 kmPutra Heights60,000 people
- 58 kmKlang240,016 people
- 58 kmKota Bridge, Klang
- 73 kmPelabuhan Klang20,000 people
- 73 kmStrait of Malaccaat -47 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Malaysia
At the mouth it carries 64 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 39 seconds. It drops from 40 m to -47 m, 0.7 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,288 km², about the size of MQ. 4.1 million people live in it. Highest water: from November to December. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Kuala LumpurLargest city on its banks · 9,000,280 people
- Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport (SZB)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 16 km from the cityCar hire at KUL airport (Sepang)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water5 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- February and from June to AugustThe best months to visit
Klang River, month by month
Highest water: from November to December
Best months to visit: February and from June to August.
From about 37 m³/s in the lowest month to 96 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Klang River: the basin in numbers
1,255 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 4.1millionpeople live in the basin
- 3,282/km²people per km²
- 121maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,416mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 26.5°Caverage air temperature
- 16%protected areas
- 0.7%covered by lakes
- 0.0km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 23% Forest
- 29% Cropland
- 3% Pasture
- 79% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Klang River: what you find on the way
- 17Weirs
- 7WaterfallsAir Terjun Bukit Nanas, Air Terjun Tembusu and 5 more
- 1Boat ramps
- 3Ferry piersPort Klang, South Port Passenger Terminal
- 1MarinasRoyal Yacht Club
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Klang River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
12mountains at the sourcePeakyas
4islands off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (2)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Pantai Acheh18 km away30.3°C
- Telok Penjala22 km away · cove30.3°C
Mountains at the source (12)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Bukit Madei9.8 km away518m
- Bukit Lapo9.7 km away535m
- Bukit Pana Kati8.3 km away405m
- Bukit Lotong Barau9.3 km away372m
- Bukit Panah Kubu11 km away368m
- Bukit Wam9.2 km away
- Bukit Hulu Munchong13 km away
- Bukit Unyang14 km away
4 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (4)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Pulau Ketam16 km away23km²
- Pulau Klang10 km away270km²
- Carey Island15 km away
- Pulau Indah8.7 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Klang River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Gombak River
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q619086) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every source and licence is on the data sources page.
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