Bamu River

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| name = Bamu River

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| name_other = Gwavi River, Aworra River

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| pushpin_map = Papua New Guinea

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location within Papua New Guinea

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| subdivision_name3 = Western Province

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| length = {{cvt|310|km|mi|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/MAPS/SOUTH%20ASIA/PAPUA_COAST/index.html|title=Papua New Guinea Coast|last=Eric|first=Tilman}}

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| discharge1_location= Near mouth

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| discharge1_avg ={{cvt|2,000|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}{{cite book|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006JF000628|title=Anatomy and growth of a Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua|last1=Rudy|first1=Slingerland|last2=Neal W.|first2=Driscoll|last3=John D.|first3=Milliman|last4=Scott R.|first4=Miller|last5=Elizabeth A.|first5=Johnstone|year=2008}}

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| source1_location = Great Papuan Plateau, Southern Highlands Province

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|6|38|51.666|S|142|49|12.432|E}}

| source1_elevation = {{cvt|1,113|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Gulf of Papua

| mouth_location = Bamu Rural LLG

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|8|4|1.7796|S|143|42|37.2888|E}}

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| progression = Gulf of Papua

| river_system = Bamu River

| basin_size = {{cvt|19,346.5|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/MAPS/SOUTH%20ASIA/PAPUA_COAST/index.html|title=Papua New Guinea Coast|last=Eric|first=Tilman}}

| tributaries_left = Aworra

| tributaries_right = Kwobe, Demowi, Wawoi, Aramia, Dibiri

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The Bamu River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea.[{{Geonameslink|gnid=2099946|name=bamu%20river}} Bamu River] in [{{Geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]; post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/hotosm_png_waterways |title=HOTOSM Papua New Guinea Waterways (OpenStreetMap Export) |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}

Course

Large river in southwestern Papua New Guinea. Its headwaters originate in the southern part of the Mount Bosavi. It flows through the seasonally flooded, rainforested, swampy Papua Lowlands and empties into the Gulf of Papua after more than 300 km. It is also called the Aworra River up to the mouth of the Wawoi. Its estuary is a tidal delta widened into a funnel. The tidal range of the sea is about 50 km.{{cite book|url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114888/2/b12297859.pdf|title=Geomorphology of Papua New Guinea|last=Ernst|first=Löffler|year=1977}}

Hydrology

The southern part of its catchment receives 2,500 mm of rainfall per year, reaching 4,500 mm in the north and east. This area is classified as type Af according to Köppen's climate classification. Average discharge in wet years is {{cvt|2,000|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.{{cite book|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006JF000628|title=Anatomy and growth of a Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua|last1=Rudy|first1=Slingerland|last2=Neal W.|first2=Driscoll|last3=John D.|first3=Milliman|last4=Scott R.|first4=Miller|last5=Elizabeth A.|first5=Johnstone|year=2008}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/MAPS/SOUTH%20ASIA/PAPUA_COAST/index.html|title=Papua New Guinea Coast|last=Eric|first=Tilman}}

Tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Bamu:{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/MAPS/SOUTH%20ASIA/PAPUA_COAST/index.html|title=Papua New Guinea Coast|last=Eric|first=Tilman}}

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! Length (km)

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! Average discharge (m³/s)

colspan="2" |Bamu

|310

|19,346.5

|2,000

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|Dibiri

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|151.1

|17.6

Aramia

|463

|10,715.8

|977.4

Wawoi

|482

|4,312.1

|485.3

Demowi

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|382.3

|39.9

Aworra

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|188

|31.1

|Kwobe

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|374.3

|64.4

Ecology

The river is home to fish species such as barramundi and catfish. The surrounding landscape is also home to a variety of fauna such as Rusa deer, wallabies, wild pigs, crocodiles and various lizards.{{cite book|url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114888/2/b12297859.pdf|title=Geomorphology of Papua New Guinea|last=Ernst|first=Löffler|year=1977}}

References

Category:Rivers of Papua New Guinea