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Merbok River

The Merbok River is a river in Kedah, north-western Malaysia, flowing west into the Strait of Malacca south of Gunung Jerai. From about the 4th century its estuary was a landfall for ships crossing the Bay of Bengal, and the ports and shrines of Old Kedah grew up along its banks. Its mangrove-lined estuary is now a forest reserve.

Merbok River
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Old Kedah

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Merbok River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/merbok-river
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