Malacca River

{{Short description|River in Melaka, Malaysia}} {{coord|2|12|N|102|15|E|display=title|region:MY_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}} {{Infobox river | name = Malacca River | native_name ={{native name|ms|Sungai Melaka}} | name_other = | etymology = | image = Malacca-River-downtown-2335.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Tampin River | source1_location = Kampung Orek, [[Tampin District]], [[Negeri Sembilan]] | source1_coordinates=  | source1_elevation = | source2 = Batang Melaka River | source2_location = [[Batang Melaka]], [[Jasin District]], [[Malacca]] | source2_coordinates=  | source_confluence_location = Gadek, [[Alor Gajah District]], [[Malacca]] | source2_elevation = | mouth = [[Strait of Malacca]] | mouth_location = [[Malacca City]], [[Melaka Tengah District]], [[Malacca]] | mouth_coordinates =  | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Malacca River''' ({{langx|ms|Sungai Melaka}}) is a river in [[Malaysia]] which flows through the middle of the state of [[Malacca]]. It was a vital trade route during the heyday of [[Malacca Sultanate]] in the 15th century.

==Course== The river starts from the southern end of the [[Titiwangsa Mountains]] in the neighbouring state of [[Negeri Sembilan]], at Kampung Orek, [[Tampin District]] as the '''Tampin River''' which flows south, almost parallel to the Karak-Tampin trunk road (Federal Route {{JKR|9}}) until [[Tampin]] and [[Pulau Sebang]], the latter is beyond the Negeri Sembilan-Malacca border. At Gadek in [[Alor Gajah District]], the '''Batang Melaka River''' merges with the Tampin to form the Malacca River and it feeds into the [[Strait of Malacca]].

==Rejuvenation plans== A USD$100 million (RM350 million) infrastructure project to revive and rejuvenate the river which is the central to Malacca as a historical city was carried out. This included construction of a [[tidal barrage]], restoration of buildings and bridges, dredging, and building concrete river banks with river walkways.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wepa-db.net/pdf/1203forum/03.pdf|title=Policy Responses to Attain the Water Quality Target: Malaysia Experience|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=23 June 2016|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209044512/http://www.wepa-db.net/pdf/1203forum/03.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Land reclamation projects have extended the river mouth further into the Straits.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9834351925|title=Malacca from the Top|last=De Witt|first=Dennis|publisher=Nutmeg Publishing|year=2010|isbn=9789834351922|location=Malaysia|pages=39}}</ref>

==Tourism== The Malacca River, near its mouth, flows in the middle of [[Malacca City]], a [[World Heritage Site]]. This section of the river was developed as a tourist attraction in the city as the '''Malacca River Cruise''', where tourists would hop on a boat and embark on a 45-minute sightseeing tour of the city and its historic core as it cruises along the river, from Pengkalan Rama in the east to Downtown [[Malacca City]] near the coast of the [[Strait of Malacca]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://melakarivercruise.my/index.php|title=Malacca River Cruise website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ppspm.gov.my/index.php/pelancongan/melaka-river-cruise|title=Malacca River Cruise}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Geography of Malaysia]] * [[List of rivers of Malaysia]] * [[Muar River]]

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[[Category:Rivers of Malacca]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Malacca]] [[Category:Rivers of Malaysia]]