Sungai Kinta is one of the main rivers in Perak. It is the river that flows through the state capital, Ipoh. The source of Sungai Kinta is somewhere at the foot of Gunung Yong Belar, near the border of Perak and Kelantan, in the upper reaches of the Ulu Kinta Recreational Forest.
Sungai Kinta flows through an area rich in tin ore, known as the Kinta Valley. This area has protruding limestone hills and karst outcrops, but due to tin mining over the past century, is today pockmarked with mining pools.