Musi

The Musi flows from the Barisan Mountains across southern Sumatra to the Bangka Strait. Its basin gathers the Rawas, Lakitan, Lematang, Ogan and Komering among many other tributaries. The river passes through Palembang, an old centre of the maritime kingdom of Srivijaya and later a Malay sultanate. Along its course, upland streams become a broad lowland waterway, linking forested valleys and inland communities with the tidal approaches to the sea.