Liwagu River

The Liwagu River (Malay: Sungai Liwagu) is a river in West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia, flowing eastwards off the southern slope of Mount Kinabalu into the Labuk River in Sandakan Division. Most parts of the river are covered by primary and secondary forests.

Liwagu River
View of the river.
Native nameSungai Liwagu
Location
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionWest Coast Division
Precise locationCentral northern Borneo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationFrom the southern slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Ranau District
 • coordinates5°59′38.9″N 116°34′09.9″E
Mouth 
 • location
Towards Labuk River at Telupid District into Sulu Sea
 • coordinates
5°53′18.4″N 117°30′02.3″E
 • elevation
Sea level
Length200 km (120 mi)
Basin features
River systemMount Kinabalu

Conservation efforts

The river is home to various habitat including plant, bird and insect species.[1][2] Its trail in Mount Kinabalu National Park is considered to be a preeminent birder's trail. The trail varies between open vistas and dense thickets, but is predominantly open, skirting the ridge-top as it goes along the north side of the river gorge. Some of the bird species include chlamydochaera jefferyi, chlorocharis emiliae emiliae, eumyias indigo cerviniventris, harpactes whiteheadi, megalaima pulcherrima, napothera crassa Luzon and zosterops atricapilla. Several insects species such as the graphelmis bandukanensis, liparthum, stalk-eyed fly (teleopsis) and myrmarachne mariaelenae also found within the river.[1][3][4] The intensive agricultural activities in Kundasang Valley area near the upstream of the river basin however has causing problems concerning the river water quality.

Features

The river is among the destination for water rafting activities in Sabah aside from Kiulu and Padas River.[5]

  • Rocks in the river.
  • The mountainous area around the river.
  • The river as seen near a bridge.

See also

References
  1. "Arthropods [Down by the Liwagu river a flash of bright blue light attracts the eye. A little damselfly makes its way across the clear water of the mountain stream with a few more flashes of blue iridescence]". Naturalis Biodiversity Centre. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. P. Baas; K. Kalkman; R. Geesink (6 December 2012). The Plant Diversity of Malesia: Proceedings of the Flora Malesiana Symposium commemorating Professor Dr. C. G. G. J. van Steenis Leiden, August 1989. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 157. ISBN 978-94-009-2107-8.
  3. Donald E. Bright (1990). "A New Species of Liparthrum from Borneo with Notes on Its Generic Placement (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 44 (4): 485–489. JSTOR 4008656.
  4. Fedor Čiampor Jr. (2002). "Systematic revision of the genus Graphelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae) II. Graphelmis bandukanensis species group" (PDF). Entomological Problems. 32 (2): 149 [1/13]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2019 – via Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  5. Hafiz Ithnin (3 April 2018). "'Jump! Jump!', 'Boom! Boom!' [METROTV]" (in Malay). Harian Metro. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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