There grows a ficus tree with three big roots, each stretching in the direction of the abovementioned rivers, and this is the origin of the native people of the island of Seram, the so-called "Alifuru" people, who later inhabited the surrounding islands.

[2] The three rivers are known in local language as Kwele Batai Telu or Kwalai Batai Telu ("three stream branches"; Indonesian: "Tiga Ruas Sungai") watering the island of Seram (Nusa Ina).

[4] It flows through Taniwel District,[5] and enters the sea on the northern coast, just north of the village of Opin.

One of its tributaries is the Porola (meaning yellow), a stream which flows down from Mount Mai.

[6] The river between the villages of Taniwell and Buria, underground through the mountains of Hatu Toi Siwa.