{{Short description|River in Perak, Malaysia}} {{distinguish|Kita River}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox river | name = Kinta River | native_name ={{native name|ms|Sungai Kinta}} | image = Kinta River.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Kinta River, Ipoh | source1 = Titiwangsa Mountains | source1_location = Ulu Kinta, Kinta District | mouth = Perak River | mouth_location = near Teluk Intan, Hilir Perak District | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Malaysia | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Perak | progression = Perak > Strait of Malacca | length_km = 100 | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 2540 | basin_size_ref = <ref>[http://redac.eng.usm.my/html/publish/2006_04.pdf] Revised equations for Manning’s coefficient for sand-bed rivers. URL assessed on 6 October 2012</ref> }}
'''Kinta River''' (Malay: ''Sungai Kinta'') is a river in Perak, Malaysia. It gets its name from the Kinta Valley, which surrounds Ipoh, the capital of Perak. Ipoh sits along this river. There are many limestone hills in the area surrounding the river, and there used to be many tin mines. The supposedly largest tin field in the world was discovered in 1876 in the Kinta Valley.<ref>[http://www.min.tu-clausthal.de/www/lager/mrbl/pdf/tin//Tin_chapter_4.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102223/http://www.min.tu-clausthal.de/www/lager/mrbl/pdf/tin//Tin_chapter_4.pdf |date=7 April 2014 }} Tin chapter, Page 112. URL assessed on 6 October 2012</ref> The river was also well known for its wide variety of freshwater fish. The fisheries department reported a greater abundance of fish from in the river stretch from the Intake Dam to Tasek, and from a secluded fish pool, {{convert|0.75|mile|km}} down from Tanjung Rambutan. Fishing in this area used to be a major local activity until the fisheries gradually closed down.<ref name=kintavalley>Khoo Salma Nasution and Adbur-Razzaq Lubis, 2005. ''Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development''. Ipoh: Perak Academy. {{ISBN|983-42113-09}}</ref>
Kinta River is one of the main tributaries of the Perak River.
==Major settlements== Major settlements along the river are:
*Sungai Siput *Ipoh *Pusing *Batu Gajah *Gopeng *Teronoh *Kampar *Tanjung Tualang
==See also== *Kinta Valley
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Category:Rivers of Perak Category:Rivers of Malaysia
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