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19-572: Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge or Temerloh Bridge is the main bridge on Pahang River near Temerloh , Pahang , Malaysia . The 575 m bridge is located at Federal route Federal Route 2 . In 1971, the old Temerloh Bridge spanning across the Pahang River collapsed due to a massive flood in Temerloh. As a result, the Public Works Department (JKR) constructed a 575-m replacement bridge known as

38-586: A traditional adat perspective, Serting Ulu, Serting Ilir and Kuala Jempol and the western portion of Rompin form the Luak of Jempol, which is part of the Luak Tanah Mengandung – peripheral luaks that surround the royal territory of Seri Menanti and under the governance of the Yamtuan Besar . On the other hand, the eastern portion of Rompin, as well as Jelai in the district's southern salient are part of

57-652: A turn toward northeast, passing through Chenor and then turning east at Lubuk Paku and Lepar into the floodplains of Paloh Hinai , Pekan and Kuala Pahang before draining into the South China Sea . From the source to the mouth, the Pahang River basin comprises almost all the districts in Pahang, and eastern Negeri Sembilan . The Pahangese section covers the districts of Cameron Highlands, Lipis , Raub , Jerantut , Temerloh , Bera , Maran , Kuantan and Pekan ; while

76-594: Is equipped with a hospital funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Health . The hospital is the main health care provider in Jempol and its surrounding areas including Serting and Bahau . Residents of Rompin and other nearby areas in Pahang that used to seek treatment in Kuala Pilah have started to visit the hospital. Bahau is 21 km away from Kuala Pilah. Jempol District is divided into 5 mukims , which are: From

95-664: Is evidence of the previous connections of the Pahang River to other isolated rivers in Indochina and Borneo. Jerantut is 15 km from the confluence of the Jelai River and the Tembeling River. Temerloh is situated on the confluence between the Semantan River and Pahang River. The town of Pekan , which is Pahang's royal capital, is situated on the southern bank of the river, near its mouth. There are seven bridges built across

114-970: The Luak of Johol , a Luak Berundang – a set of four luaks under the administration of an Undang , the other being Jelebu , Sungai Ujong and Rembau . Jempol Municipal Council ( Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Jempol ), formerly known as the Jempol District Council from 1 August 1980 until 29 January 2019, is the local authority of Jempol District. Federal Route 10 is the main route serving Jempol constituency, passing through downtown Bahau and touching Bandar Seri Jempol before continuing to Temerloh , Pahang . Bera Highway Federal Route 11 cuts through Jempol constituency in an east-west direction, beginning in Serting and ending near Bandar Tun Abdul Razak in southern Pahang. Federal Route 13 links Bahau to Juasseh in Kuala Pilah constituency. Bahau KTM

133-458: The Pleistocene epoch or Mesolithic period about 10,000 years ago, there was a 5 degrees celsius drop in the global temperature. At mountaintops, snow accumulated as ice caps and glaciers (including Mount Kinabalu ), thus disrupting the global hydrological cycle. Due to lack of water discharge into the sea, the sea level was 120 meters lower than it is today. The South China Sea dried up, exposing

152-894: The Sunda Shelf and previous deep trenches became huge ancient rivers called the North Sunda River. Mainland Asia, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java became connected to Borneo via the landbridge of exposed Sunda Shelf. The North Sunda River provided vital connection to the Mekong River in Vietnam and the Chao Phraya River in Thailand to the north, the Baram and Rajang rivers in Sarawak to

171-572: The Tembeling River . The Tembeling, which begins at the Pahang – Terengganu border at Ulu Tembeling within the Pantai Timur Mountains , flows in a southwesterly direction passing through Kuala Tahan . From its confluence near Kuala Tembeling , the Pahang River flows in a southerly direction, passing through Jerantut Feri , Kuala Krau , Kerdau and Temerloh . At Mengkarak , the river takes

190-459: The Bera at Kuala Serting. The only district in Pahang that does not have a tributary of the Pahang River or have the Pahang River flowing through it is Rompin . The banks of the Pahang River were settled as early as 1400 by warriors and seafarers from around Maritime Southeast Asia including places such as Aceh , Riau , Palembang and Sulawesi . The earliest historical records of the Pahang River,

209-747: The Negri section comprises the districts of Jelebu and Jempol . The Lipis River , a tributary of the Jelai, begins at the Pahang– Perak border in Ulu Sungai, Raub district and ends at the confluence with the Jelai at Kuala Lipis. The Semantan River, a tributary of the Pahang, starts in Bentong district and merges with the river at Kuala Semantan. The Lepar River, a tributary of the Pahang, has its source in Kuantan district in

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228-539: The Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge FT2 beside the old bridge. The Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge is much higher than the old bridge, forming the first grade-separated interchange in Pahang that links to the Federal Route 10 . The new bridge also links to a new road that bypasses Temerloh and Mentakab townships, causing the former Temerloh-Mentakab section to be re-gazetted as the Federal Route 87 . The construction of

247-747: The Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge was completed in 1974. This article about a bridge in Malaysia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pahang River At 459 km in length, it is the longest river on the Malay Peninsula . From the upper slopes of the Titiwangsa Mountains near Cameron Highlands , the Jelai River flows in a southeasterly direction, passing through Padang Tengku and Kuala Lipis before merging with

266-530: The east and merges with the river at Paloh Hinai. The Bera River, a tributary of the Pahang, begins at the namesake district of Bera and merges with the river at Kuala Bera. At the Negri part of the basin, the Triang River, a tributary of the Pahang, begins near Kuala Klawang in the district of Jelebu and merges with the river at Kuala Teriang. The Serting River, a tributary of the Bera, is sourced near Serting Ulu in neighbouring Jempol district and merges with

285-589: The east and the Pahang River and Rompin River to the west of the massive land mass. Freshwater catfishes from those rivers migrated and mated about 10,000 years ago. After the Holocene , when the temperature increased, a substantial amount of the ice that had accumulated melted, increasing sea levels, inundating the landbridges and the Sunda River, thus isolating the catfish populations. Their genetic relations seen in their DNA

304-437: The northeast and Segamat District , Johor to the east. Bandar Seri Jempol and Bahau are the principal towns in Jempol. Jempol is also the meeting point of Muar and Serting rivers. The meeting point had played an important transportation role in ancient times. Known historically as Jalan Penarikan , it connected trade posts west of the Malay Peninsula with population centres in the east coast and vice versa. Jempol

323-535: The river. 3°32′N 103°28′E  /  3.533°N 103.467°E  / 3.533; 103.467 Jempol District The Jempol District ( Negeri Sembilan Malay : Jompo ; Jawi : جمڤول) is the largest district in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan . The district borders Jelebu District to the northwest, Kuala Pilah District to the west, Tampin District to the south, Bera District , Pahang to

342-977: The river. The bridges are the Abu Bakar Bridge in Pekan, the Paloh Hinai bridge of Tun Razak Highway in Paloh Hinai, the Chenor Bridge in Chenor, the new Temerloh Bridge in Temerloh, the Semantan Bridge of East Coast Expressway in Sanggang, the Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge in Kuala Krau and the Sultan Abdullah Bridge in Jerantut Feri. Bera is the only district on the Pahang River watershed that has no bridge crossing

361-832: The riverine inhabitants or the people of Pahang were found in the Malay Annals and Hikayat Abdullah . The Pahang and Muar Rivers were nearly connected at a place called Jempol , in Negeri Sembilan as the Serting River flows into the Bera River, a tributary of the Pahang River. The Jempol River then flows into the Muar River . Trading boats from the Muar could continue their journey until they reached Kuala Pahang in Pekan, or Kuala Lipis to continue into Terengganu, Kelantan or Perak. During

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