Bario

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bario | settlement_type = Town | translit_lang1 = Other | translit_lang1_type1 = | translit_lang1_info1 = | translit_lang1_type2 = | translit_lang1_info2 = | nickname = Land of a hundred handshakes | motto = | image_skyline = Rural Evenings (15112147118).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = View of Bario during sunset | image_seal = | seal_type = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | pushpin_map = Malaysia East | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Borneo | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Miri Division | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Miri District | subdivision_type4 = Sub-district | subdivision_name4 = Bario subdistrict | established_title = Introduction of christianity | established_date = 1939 | established_title1 = Operation Semut | established_date1 = 1945 | established_title2 = Mass conversion to christianity | established_date2 = 1973 | established_title3 = Introduction of e-Bario | established_date3 = 1999 | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Penghulu | leader_name = Ken Paran Matu | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | total_type = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 3,850 | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_title = | area_blank2_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_m = 1000 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_max_footnotes = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_footnotes = 2. It is bordered by the Tamabu range of mountains in the west and Apo Duat mountains in the east. Pulong Tau National Park was gazetted in 2005, covering 164,500 hectares of tropical rainforests. Mount Murud, Bukit Batu Lawi, Bukit Batu Buli, and Bukit Batu Iran are located inside the national park. Mount Murud is the highest peak in Sarawak. Average daily temperatures in Bario range from 14 to 26 °C with average annual rainfall of 2000 mm.

The Bario area also forms the headwaters of Limbang, Kuba-an, Libun, and Dapur rivers; the latter two are the important tributaries for the Tutoh and Ulu Baram rivers. A survey done in 1995 found that the pH of river waters around Bario was acidic, ranging between 4.8 and 5.2. This can be explained by the leaching of acidic organic materials from soil into water. Water stream draining the Bario Asal area was of good quality with a high level of dissolved oxygen and a low amount of suspended solids. However, to the east of Bario Asal, water was of poorer quality due to deforestation and agricultural activities. Pollution from chemicals was insignificant due to low usage of chemical fertilisers.