{{Infobox river | name = Mendawai River | native_name = {{native name|id|Sungai Mendawai}} | native_name_lang = | name_other = Soengai Katingin, Soengai Mendawei, Soengai Ketingan, Mendawi, Soengai Katingan | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Sungai Katingan di Pelabuhan Dermaga Hurung Kasongan (20260110 171022).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Mendawai river, near Hurung Port in Kasongan | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Indonesia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Central Kalimantan | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{cvt|616|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location=Katingan Kuala (Katingan Regency), Java Sea (near mouth) | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg ={{convert|1,414|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwlearn.net/resolveuid/5efd7f292f962736362ee5b8cd798bf7&ved=2ahUKEwiTpK6v2KHzAhWatKQKHdmPCvM4KBAWegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2ed28cfygbc715OrBnNeQG|title=Evaluating and Monitoring Small Scale Gold Mining and Mercury Use: Building a Knowledge-base with Satellite Imagery and Field Work|last1=Kevin|first1=Telmer|last2=Daniel|first2=Stapper|date=Nov 2007}}</ref> | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Schwaner Mountains | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth =Java Sea | mouth_location = Pagatan | mouth_coordinates ={{coord|3|5.1242|S|113|18.6542|E|type:_river|display=inline,title}} | progression = | river_system =Katingan basin (DAS320369)<ref name="menhut511">{{Cite web|last=Hukum Online|title=Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan No. SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011|url=https://www.hukumonline.com/pusatdata/detail/v2/lt4f2f760d2fff3/keputusan-menteri-kehutanan-nomor-sk511menhutv2011-tahun-2011|language=id}}</ref> | basin_size ={{convert|19500|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="menhut511" /> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = |discharge2_location=Kasongan|discharge2_avg={{convert|1,279|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dspace.library.uvic.ca/bitstream/handle/1828/3711/STAPPER_DANIEL_MSc_2011.pdf|title=Artisanal Gold Mining, Mercury and Sediment in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia|last=Daniel|first=Stapper|year=2011}}</ref>|qid=Q24878211}}

'''Mendawai River''' or '''Katingan River''' is a river of Borneo, it is located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. With a total length of {{cvt|616|km|abbr=on}}.<ref>Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.</ref><ref>[http://www.geonames.org/1635576/sungai-mendawai.html Sungai Mendawai] - Geonames.org.</ref> The longhouses of the Pendahara are located along the river in its upper course. The river has its source in the Schwaner Mountain Range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goarchi.com/archo/provinces/c-kalim/c-kalimtour.html|title=Central Kalimantan|publisher=Goarchi|access-date=October 30, 2010}}</ref>

==Geography== The river flows in the southeast area of Borneo with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).<ref name = "koppen">{{Cite journal | title = Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification| url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf| year = 2007| journal = Hydrology and Earth System Sciences| volume = 11 <!--sid = 1633-1644-->| date =<!-- 01/30/2016-->| doi = 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007| first1 =M C| first2 = B L| first3 = T A| last1 = Peel| last2 = Finlayson| last3 =McMahon| issue = 5| pages = 1633–1644| doi-access = free| bibcode = 2007HESS...11.1633P}}</ref> The annual average temperature in the area is 22&nbsp;°C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 24&nbsp;°C, and the coldest is December, at 20&nbsp;°C.<ref name = "nasa">{{Cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title = NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|date =30 January 2016 | publisher = NASA}}</ref> The average annual rainfall is 2991&nbsp;mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 476&nbsp;mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 75&nbsp;mm rainfall.<ref name = "nasarain">{{Cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|title = NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)| date =30 January 2016 |publisher = NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission}}</ref>

==See also== *List of drainage basins of Indonesia *List of rivers of Indonesia *List of rivers of Kalimantan

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Rivers of Kalimantan}}

Category:Rivers of Central Kalimantan Category:Katingan basin