Riau Archipelago

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Riau Archipelago (rē`ou, rē`ō), island group (1990 pop. 568,019), 2,280 sq mi (5,905 sq km), Indonesia, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, separated from Malaya by the Strait of Singapore. Its largest island, Bintan, has extensive bauxite and tin deposits, is being developed as a tourist destination, and is the site of Tanjung Pinang (1980 pop. 36,999), chief city of the group. Together with the Lingga Archipelago to the south, it forms the Riau-Lingga Archipelago of Indonesia.

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No references found			Not only that, it is just a quick ferry trip to the key islands of the Riau archipelago of Indonesia. Free and Easy Adventurous Trip in Singapore by Boon Kiat Chua / Travel, recreation and leisure community The fires, which have been blamed on large plantation owners and small farmers clearing land by burning during the current dry season, have sent haze to parts of Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and Indonesia's Riau archipelago, said Mary Chin, a spokeswoman for the Agency. Indonesian forest fires cast haze over parts of SE Asia by Asian Economic News West Borneo forms the eastern side of a roughly triangular maritime crossroads, linking eastern Sumatra, Johore and the Riau Archipelago on the west and northwest with Java on the south, a region comprising, in short, the central heartland of historical Indon-Malay civilization. K. Alexander Adelaar (with assistance of Pak Virus Kaslem), 2005, ... by Sather, Clifford / Borneo Research Bulletin			ria shoreline Ria-Taza RIAA RIAA curve Riabaia Mogila Riabinin Riabov, Iakov Riabov, Iakov Petrovich Riabtsev, Konstantin Riabtsev, Konstantin Ivanovich Riabushinskii Riabushkin, Andrei Riabushkin, Andrei Petrovich Riabushkin, Timon Riabushkin, Timon Vasilevich Riad Riadok Riadovich Rialto Rialto Bridge Riangina, Serafima Riangina, Serafima Vasilevna Riastas, Otto Riastas, Otto Iurevich Riau Riau Archipelago Riazan Riazan Burial Grounds Riazan Oblast Riazan Principality Riazan Staraia Riazan State Regional Electric Power Plant Riazanov, Aleksei Riazanov, Aleksei Konstantinovich Riazanov, David Riazanov, David Borisovich Riazanov, Eldar Riazanov, Eldar Aleksandrovich Riazanov, Vasilii Riazanov, Vasilii Georgievich Riazanovskii Riazanskii, Mikhail Riazanskii, Mikhail Sergeevich Riazhsk Riazhskii, Georgii Riazhskii, Georgii Georgievich Rib rib arch Rib Cage rib hole rib lath			RIAS RIAS RIAS RIAS Rías Rías Rías RIASC RIASEC RIASEC RIASFAA RIASH RIASI RIASPA Riassa Riassa RIAST Riastas, Otto Riastas, Otto Iurevich Riat riata riata riata riata RIATAS RIATS RIATT Riau Riau Riau (province) Riau Archipelago Riau Islands Riau Province RIAV RIAW RIAWS Riaz Riazan Riazan Riazan Burial Grounds Riazan Oblast Riazan Principality Riazan Staraia Riazan State Regional Electric Power Plant Riazanov, Aleksei Riazanov, Aleksei Konstantinovich Riazanov, David Riazanov, David Borisovich Riazanov, Eldar Riazanov, Eldar Aleksandrovich Riazanov, Vasilii Riazanov, Vasilii Georgievich Riazanovskii Riazanskii, Mikhail Riazanskii, Mikhail Sergeevich Riazhsk

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