Bamu River

Bamu River Gwavi River, Aworra River
Location within Papua New Guinea
Location
Country	Papua New Guinea
Region	Western Province
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Great Papuan Plateau, Southern Highlands Province
• coordinates	6°38′51.666″S 142°49′12.432″E
• elevation	1,113 m (3,652 ft)
Mouth	Gulf of Papua
• location	Bamu Rural LLG
• coordinates	8°4′1.7796″S 143°42′37.2888″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	310 km (190 mi)[1]
Basin size	19,346.5 km^2 (7,469.7 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	(Period: 1971-2000)1,113.6 m^3/s (39,330 cu ft/s)[1] to 2,000 m^3/s (71,000 cu ft/s)(1986)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Wawoi, Aramia

The Bamu River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea.^[3][4]

See also

• List of rivers of Papua New Guinea
• Bamu language, a language of Papua New Guinea
• Bamu Rural LLG, Papua New Guinea

References

1. "Papua New Guinea Coast".
2. Rudy, Slingerland; Neal W., Driscoll; John D., Milliman; Scott R., Miller; Elizabeth A., Johnstone (2008). Anatomy and growth of a Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua.
3. Bamu River in Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22
4. "HOTOSM Papua New Guinea Waterways (OpenStreetMap Export)". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. Retrieved 5 June 2019.