Asahan River

Asahan River
  • Aek Toba
  • Aek Asahan
  • Sei Asahan
  • Sungai Asahan
Spring of the Asahan River at Porsea, Toba Samosir (1929)
Asahan River is located in Sumatra
Asahan River
Asahan River is located in Indonesia
Asahan River
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLake Toba, Porsea, Toba Samosir, North Sumatra
 • coordinates2.434866, 99.147690
 • elevation950 m (3,120 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Strait of Malacca
 • coordinates
3.03333°N 99.866667°E
 • elevation
0 m
Length147 km (91 mi)
Basin size7,225.45 km2 (2,789.76 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average(Period: 1971–2000)265.7 m3/s (9,380 cu ft/s)[1]

The Asahan River (Indonesian: Sungai Asahan) is one of the principal rivers in North Sumatra, Indonesia, that begins in Porsea, Toba Regency near the southeast corner of Lake Toba.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sumatra".
  2. ^ Sungai Asahan at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27