Eborneo [Dot] Net http://eborneo.net Marvelous Borneo Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:34:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Borneo http://eborneo.net/borneo.html http://eborneo.net/borneo.html#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:21:09 +0000 myeborneo http://eborneo.net/?p=9 Borneo (Malay: Borneo, Indonesian: Kalimantan) is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Australia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia.

The island is divided among three countries: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory (Kalimantan). The Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah (East Malaysia), in the north, occupy about 26% of the island. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo’s land area.

]]> http://eborneo.net/borneo.html/feed 0 Borneo Geography http://eborneo.net/borneo-geography.html http://eborneo.net/borneo-geography.html#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:20:13 +0000 myeborneo http://eborneo.net/?p=12 Borneo is surrounded by the South China Sea to the north and northwest, the Sulu Sea to the northeast, the Celebes Sea and the Makassar Strait to the east, and the Java Sea and Karimata Strait to the south. It is the largest island in the Malay archipelago, to the west of Borneo are the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, to the south is Java, to the east is Sulawesi and to the northeast, the Philippines.

Borneo’s highest point is Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia, with an elevation of 4,095 m above sea level it is the third highest peak in South East Asia, making Borneo the world’s third highest island.

The largest river system is the Kapuas in West Kalimantan. With a length of 1,143 km, it is the longest river in Indonesia. Malaysia’s longest river, the Rajang, lies in Sarawak and is 562.5 km long. Other major rivers include the Barito in South Kalimantan 880 km long  and the Mahakam in East Kalimantan 980 km long .

Borneo has significant cave systems. Clearwater Cave, for example, has one of the world’s longest underground rivers. Deer Cave is home to over three million bats, with guano accumulated to over 100 metres .

]]> http://eborneo.net/borneo-geography.html/feed 0 Borneo Largest Cities http://eborneo.net/borneo-largest-cities.html http://eborneo.net/borneo-largest-cities.html#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:19:15 +0000 myeborneo http://eborneo.net/?p=15 The following is a list of top 20 urban areas in Borneo.

Rank City/Town Country
1 Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan Indonesia
2 Samarinda, East Kalimantan Indonesia
3 Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia
4 Pontianak, West Kalimantan Indonesia
5 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia
6 Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Indonesia
7 Sandakan, Sabah Malaysia
8 Tawau, Sabah Malaysia
9 Miri, Sarawak Malaysia
10 Loa Janan, East Kalimantan Indonesia
11 Sibu, Sarawak Malaysia
12 Bintulu, Sarawak Malaysia
13 Singkawang, West Kalimantan Indonesia
14 Tarakan, East Kalimantan Indonesia
15 Bontang, East Kalimantan Indonesia
16 Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan Indonesia
17 Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan Indonesia
18 Lahad Datu, Sabah Malaysia
19 Keningau, Sabah Malaysia
20 Putatan, Sabah Malaysia
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