Hulu Kinanbatangan

The upper Kinabatangan lies in the forested interior of northern Borneo. From its headwaters in the mountains of southwestern Sabah, the river winds eastward for hundreds of kilometres to the Sulu Sea. Its great basin gathers the waters of tributaries including the Kuamut, Maliau and Lokan. Rainfall in the upper country feeds the floods of the lower river, where meanders and abandoned channels mark the movement of water across the plain.