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Definition of Kalimantan
1. Noun. The part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo.
Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: Borneo, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic Of Indonesia
2. Noun. 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago.
Group relationships: East India, East Indies, Malay Archipelago
Terms within: Brunei, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Indonesian Borneo, East Malaysia, North Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak
Generic synonyms: Island
Member holonyms: Bornean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalimantan
Literary usage of Kalimantan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems: Workshop Proceedings by Shigeo Kobayashi (2001)
"Forest fire has seriously reduced the quality longitude, 60 km south of Samarinda,
East of the forest from ecological and economical points Kalimantan, ..."
2. Management of Secondary and Logged-over Forests in Indonesia: Selected ...by Plinio Sist, C. Sabogal, Yvonne Byron by Plinio Sist, C. Sabogal, Yvonne Byron (1999)
"Three experimental logging plots, each 4 ha, were located within a logged-over
lowland dipterocarp forest in Central Kalimantan. ..."
3. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Kalimantan (BORNEO) Tanjung Puling National Park with bizarre proboscis monkeys,
orangutans, clouded leopards, sun bears, six primate species, ..."
4. Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held by K M Old, J K Sharma, S S Lee (1997)
"Trees at Sanggau in West Kalimantan were one and a half to two and a half years
of age whereas plantations at Riam Kiwa in South Kalimantan were between ..."
5. Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific edited by C. Eugene Conrad, Leonard A. Newell (1994)
"In more recent times in East Kalimantan, commercial logging in lowlands has
continued at a quicker pace, and the practice has shifted from the export of raw ..."
6. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by E. Meijaard (2005)
"Forest remnants in East Kalimantan after repeated fire. (Photo by Gabriella
Fredriksson) • There is a need for trained fire fighters to be on call at the ..."
7. A Review of Fire Projects in Indonesia, 1982-1998by Rona Dennis by Rona Dennis (1999)
"On this basis, the hardware, software, and training requirements were assessed
and a decision was made to establish a NOAA receiving station in Kalimantan ..."
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