{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{short description|River in Indonesia}} {{Infobox river |name= Sambas River |name_other=Sungai Sambas, Sungai Sambas Besar |image=Sungai Sambas Dari Tengah 1.jpg|image_caption=Sambas river in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, viewed from the middle, at Sejangkung. |pushpin_map=Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia |pushpin_map_caption=River mouth location |country=Indonesia |source1_location=Bengkayang |mouth=South China Sea |mouth_location=Pemangkat |mouth_coordinates={{coord|1|11|26|N|108|58|02|E|display=inline,title|region:ID_type:river}} |length={{Cvt|233|km}} |width_min={{Cvt|150|m}}|width_max={{Cvt|400|m}} |depth_min={{Cvt|10|m}}|depth_max={{Cvt|30|m}} }} '''Sambas River''', or specifically referred to '''Big Sambas River''' (Indonesian: ''Sungai Sambas Besar''), is a river in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.<ref>[http://www.geonames.org/1628977/sungai_sambas.html Sungai Sambas] at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015</ref> The upriver part is located in Kabupaten Bengkayang, and flows through the town of Sambas, continuing to Pemangkat where it discharges into South China Sea.<ref name="jurnaliain">{{Cite journal|last=Yusriadi|year=2015 |title=Identitas Orang Melayu di Hulu Sungai Sambas |url=https://jurnaliainpontianak.or.id/index.php/khatulistiwa/article/view/267/221| journal = Khatulistiwa | location=Pontianak|publisher=IAIN Pontianak |volume=5| pages = 74{{spaced ndash}}99}}</ref>
== Hydrology == The river is considered deep. In its mouth area, the depth reaches 30 m, whereas in the upriver part it is about 10 m. The width of the river is 400 m on average, while only 150 m in upstream part. The length of river is about 233 km.<ref>[http://www.kalbarprov.go.id/info.php?landing=2 Gambaran Umum Aspek Geografis Kalimantan Barat] ''Pemerintah Provinsi Kalimantan Barat''. Diakses pada 27 Juni 2018.</ref>
== Geography == The river flows in the western area of Borneo island 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| bibcode = 2007HESS...11.1633P| doi-access = free}}</ref> It has a drainage area of 7,479 km<sup>2</sup>. The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 21 °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|access-date= 3 December 2018|archive-date= 11 May 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075542/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|url-status= dead}}</ref> The average annual rainfall is 3542 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 485 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 106 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|access-date = 3 December 2018|archive-date = 19 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|url-status = dead}}</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 West Kalimantan Category:Drainage basins of Kalimantan