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Gombak River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Gombak River (Malay: Sungai Gombak) is a river which flows through Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Klang River. The confluence where it meets the Klang River is the origin of Kuala Lumpur's name. Gombak River used to be called the Sungai Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur's name was taken as it was located in Sungai Lumpur's confluence or "Kuala Lumpur".

Flows through: Malaysia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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