Kinta River (Malay: Sungai Kinta) is a river in Perak, Malaysia. It gives its name to the Kinta Valley which surrounds Ipoh, a town on the river. There are many limestone hills in this area and there used to be many tin mines. The probably largest tin field in the world was discovered in 1876 in the Kinta Valley Kinta River is one of the main branches of the Perak River.
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