Barumun River is a Sumatran river that begins in Siraisan, Padang Lawas Regency in the southeastern North Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1,200 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.Sungai Barumun at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
Hydrology The river flows northward through North Padang Lawas, South and Labuhan Batu Regency before reaching Sumatra's east coast with its estuary in Malacca Strait.
The largest town on the Barumun is Kotapinang, the administrative capital of South Labuhan Batu Regency, with a population of 70,507 people in mid 2024,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Labuhanbatu Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1207) while the largest town in the Barumun River basin is Rantau Prapat (in Labuhan Batu Regency), which is located on the Bilah tributary with a population of 180,540 according to the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Labuhanbatu Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1207) It is the largest river in Sumatra with a length of about 440 km.
Tributaries include the Bilah, Kanan, Batang Pane, Sihapas and Aek Sangkilon. All tributaries of Barumun River are sourced from mountainous areas along Barisan Mountains.
Geography The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2801 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 126 mm rainfall.
See also List of drainage basins of Indonesia List of rivers of Indonesia List of rivers of Sumatra
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