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River Basin size Discharge PNG IND Total PNG IND Total 10 3 km 2 10 3 sq mi 10 3 km 2 10 3 sq mi 10 3 km 2 10 3 sq mi km 3 /year cu mi /year km 3 /year cu mi /year km 3 /year cu mi /year Fly: 70.8 27.3 3 1.2 73.8 28.5 203.4 48.8 6.6 1.6 210 50 Kikori: 18.9 7.3 18.9 7.3 63 15 63 24 Purari: 33.5 12.9 33.5 12.9 95 23 95 23 Ramu: 17.8 6.9 17.8 6.9 ...
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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.
There are several major rivers, notably the Sepik River, which is 1,126 km (700 mi) long, which winds through lowland swamp plains to the north coast, and the Fly River at 1,050 km (650 mi) in length, which flows through one of the largest swamplands in the world to the south coast.
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. It was named after Edward Strickland, vice-president of the Geographical Society of Australasia [3] by the New Guinea Exploration Expedition of 1885.
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.
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 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.