Checking the condition of Sungai Jelai-Sungai Tembeling meeting point

On to the 2nd day of the Pahang trip. Continuing from Close up look at where the Lipis river meets the Jelai.

Thursday afternoon 12th May 2016. After spending half the day at a seminar in Kuala Lipis I took the old road to Jerantut and stopped by at this place.

This is Kuala Tembeling, one of the main gateway to get to Taman Negara, the National Park.

See the murky river? That is Sungai (river of) Jelai about 50 km downstream from the town of Kuala Lipis.

A close up look. See the river with clearer water flowing into the Jelai? That is Sungai (river of) Tembeling.

So the Tembeling flows into Jelai. That is why this place is called Kuala (estuary of) Tembeling.

A look upstream. It is obvious that the Jelai is a wider and mightier river compared to the Tembeling.

Anyway, I went to Kuala Tembeling to check the condition of water. I have seen pictures of the Tembeling almost dried up at the actual entry point to the National Park at Kuala Tahan about 47 km upstream. But that was like 1-2 weeks earlier. The situation have changed since rain started to come cats and dogs when I started this Pahang trip Tuesday reversing the effect of extreme dry season the previous 2-3 months. From Kuala Tembeling I tried a rural route pass a small village. The route runs close to the river upstream from Tembeling river mouth.

Essentially this is still the Jelai river. But officially it is known as the Pahang river starting after the Tembeling river mouth,

So the mighty Pahang river, the longest in Peninsular Malaysia is mainly the combination between the Jelai and Tembeling. From Kuala Tembeling it twists and turns for about 284 km before entering the South China Sea near the town of Pekan...