Jungle, rivers dictate life in Borneo

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April 6, 2010 - 12:00 AM

(A group organized by the Inland Press Association visited the island of Borneo on a river cruise March 6-20. Emerson Lynn, jr., associate editor of the Register, participated. This is the first of a series of articles on the trip.)

Borneo is the third largest island on Earth, behind Greenland and New Guinea. Its diverse population of 18,590,000 owes allegiance to three nations: Indonesia, which governs the Kalimantan provinces which cover about 73 percent of the land area and make up about the same percentage of the population; Malayasia, which governs the provinces of…

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