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Mahakam
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Mahakam 

(Kutai), a river in the eastern part of the island of Borneo (Kalimantan), Indonesia. Length, approximately 720 km; basin area, approximately 80,000 sq km. In the upper course it flows in the mountains, where the channel is full of rapids; in the lower course it flows along a marshy plain. It empties into the Makassar Strait, forming a vast delta. The water level is high throughout the year. There is fishing and logs are floated down the river. The Mahakam is navigable in the lower course. The city of Samarinda is located on the river.
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These include the Tarakan and Kutei deep-water basins north of Sumatra and in the Mahakam River delta, where ENI holds net production of about 23,000 b/d of oil equivalent.
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19) The Ga'ay distinguish this tributary of the Segah, which they settled during an early stage of migration to the Kayan basin, from the Mahakam River, or Mekiam Puyn <LG> / Mekiam Puen <LW> / Meka:m Aya' <K, B> ('big Mahakam'), which they found later to be much larger and longer than the Mahkam.
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