# Malacca River > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Malacca_River > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Malacca_River.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacca_River > Source revision: 1338993684 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) River in Melaka, Malaysia [2°12′N 102°15′E / 2.200°N 102.250°E / 2.200; 102.250](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Malacca_River¶ms=2_12_N_102_15_E_region:MY_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki) Malacca River Native name Sungai Melaka (Malay) Physical characteristics Source Tampin River • location Kampung Orek, Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan 2nd source Batang Melaka River • location Batang Melaka, Jasin District, Malacca Source confluence • location Gadek, Alor Gajah District, Malacca Mouth Strait of Malacca • location Malacca City, Melaka Tengah District, Malacca The **Malacca River** ([Malay](/source/Malay_language): *Sungai Melaka*) is a river in [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) which flows through the middle of the state of [Malacca](/source/Malacca). It was a vital trade route during the heyday of [Malacca Sultanate](/source/Malacca_Sultanate) in the 15th century. ## Course The river starts from the southern end of the [Titiwangsa Mountains](/source/Titiwangsa_Mountains) in the neighbouring state of [Negeri Sembilan](/source/Negeri_Sembilan), at Kampung Orek, [Tampin District](/source/Tampin_District) as the **Tampin River** which flows south, almost parallel to the Karak-Tampin trunk road (Federal Route [FT 9](/source/Malaysia_Federal_Route_9)) until [Tampin](/source/Tampin) and [Pulau Sebang](/source/Pulau_Sebang), the latter is beyond the Negeri Sembilan-Malacca border. At Gadek in [Alor Gajah District](/source/Alor_Gajah_District), the **Batang Melaka River** merges with the Tampin to form the Malacca River and it feeds into the [Strait of Malacca](/source/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](/source/Tidal_barrage), restoration of buildings and bridges, dredging, and building concrete river banks with river walkways.[1] Land reclamation projects have extended the river mouth further into the Straits.[2] ## Tourism The Malacca River, near its mouth, flows in the middle of [Malacca City](/source/Malacca_City), a [World Heritage Site](/source/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](/source/Malacca_City) near the coast of the [Strait of Malacca](/source/Strait_of_Malacca).[3][4] ## See also - [Geography of Malaysia](/source/Geography_of_Malaysia) - [List of rivers of Malaysia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Malaysia) - [Muar River](/source/Muar_River) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Policy Responses to Attain the Water Quality Target: Malaysia Experience"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200209044512/http://www.wepa-db.net/pdf/1203forum/03.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.wepa-db.net/pdf/1203forum/03.pdf) (PDF) on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** De Witt, Dennis (2010). [*Malacca from the Top*](https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9834351925). Malaysia: Nutmeg Publishing. p. 39. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789834351922](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789834351922). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Malacca River Cruise website"](https://melakarivercruise.my/index.php). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Malacca River Cruise"](https://www.ppspm.gov.my/index.php/pelancongan/melaka-river-cruise). Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Melaka River](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Melaka_River). v t e Geography of Malacca Islands Besar Konet Malacca Undan Upeh Seas Strait of Malacca Exclaves Tanjung Tuan Rivers Kesang River Linggi River Malacca River This Malacca location article is a stub. 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