Asahan River
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lake Toba, Porsea, Toba Samosir, North Sumatra |
• coordinates | 2.434866, 99.147690 |
• elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Strait of Malacca |
• coordinates | 3.03333°N 99.866667°E |
• elevation | 0 m |
Length | 147 km (91 mi) |
Basin size | 7,225.45 km2 (2,789.76 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near 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]