Batang Tabir

The Batang Tabir runs through the inland river country of Jambi in central Sumatra. It belongs to the wider Batang Hari basin, whose streams gather water from the western highlands and carry it towards the eastern coast. The neighbouring Merangin flows into the Tembesi, another branch of the same great system. Forested valleys and riverside settlements lie between the mountains and the lower Batang Hari, where the waterway continues past Jambi to the sea.