Lumpur

The Lumpur River crosses the flat, wet country of southeastern Sumatra towards the coast facing the Bangka Strait. Its lower reaches belong to a landscape of waterways, peat and swamp forest, south of the great Musi estuary. The river takes its name from mud, a fitting description of the soft ground and sediments found along this low coast. Settlements beside the channel look both towards the forested interior and towards the sea.