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List of major rivers by basin. List of Papua New Guinea's largest primary rivers, in order of catchment area. [3] [4] [5] River Mouth coordinates Basin size
The Purari has a 33,670 km 2 (13,000 sq mi) [6] drainage basin and is the third largest river in Papua New Guinea. The discharge varies through the year, averaging around 3,000 m 3 /s (110,000 cu ft/s)–4,000 m 3 /s (140,000 cu ft/s) at the delta.
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The Sepik (/ ˈ s ɛ p ɪ k /) [7] is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the third largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly and Mamberamo. [8] The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) and East Sepik, with a small section flowing through the Indonesian province of Papua.
Papua New Guinea's border with Indonesia is not straight; the border loops slightly to the west along the Fly River in the south-central part of New Guinea, on the western edge of Papua New Guinea's Western Province. There are maritime borders with Australia to the south and Solomon Islands to the southeast.
The Fly River is the third longest river on the island of New Guinea, after the Sepik and Mamberamo, with a total length of 1,060 km (660 mi). It is the largest by volume of discharge in Oceania , the largest in the world without a single dam in its catchment, and overall the 20th-largest primary river in the world by discharge volume.
The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of 824 km (512 mi) including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland River.
The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about 640 km (398 mi) northwest to the Bismarck Sea. Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries from the Bismarck Range to the south and the Finisterre and Adelbert.