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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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Average annual rainfalls ranging from 2,000 to 8,500 millimetres (80 to 330 in) in the catchment of the Purari result in a mean annual discharge at delta of about 105 km 3 /a (3,300 m 3 /s), carrying 88.6 million m 3 /year of sediment into the delta (Pickup 1980; this volume). These inputs provide the material for a major deltaic complex of ...
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 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.
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The Tua River is a tributary of the Purari River of Papua New Guinea. It originates in the Eastern Highlands Province and flows through the highlands of the Simbu Province , where it joins the Pio River , giving rise to the Purari.