Digul
| Digul | ||
 NASA Landsat image of the river estuary (eastbound) |
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| Data | ||
| location | Papua Province in Indonesia | |
| River system | Digul | |
| source | in the Jayawijaya Mountains | |
| Source height | above 3000 m | |
| muzzle |
Arafurasee Coordinates: 7 ° 7 ′ 10 ″ S , 138 ° 39 ′ 11 ″ E 7 ° 7 ′ 10 ″ S , 138 ° 39 ′ 11 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 3000 m | |
| Bottom slope | 5.7 ‰ | |
| length | 525 km | |
The Digul ( Indonesian Sungai Digul , formerly Dutch Digoel ) in the Indonesian province of Papua is one of the longest rivers in Western New Guinea at 525 km . It rises at an altitude of over 3000 m in the Jayawijaya Mountains , the eastern foothills of the Maoke Mountains . It flows in a south-westerly direction mostly through marshy lowlands and flows into the Arafura Sea in a delta north of Yos Sudarso Island . The settlement areas of the Makleeu-anim lie along the southern course of the river . To the east are those of the Marind-anim .
More than 30 species of fish were found in the Digul in 1982. Practically nothing is known about the rest of the fauna in the largely untouched area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GR Allen, M. Boeseman: A collection of freshwater fishes from western New Guinea with descriptions of two new species (Gobiidae and Eleotridae) . In: Records of the Western Australian Museum . tape 10 , no. 2 , 1982, p. 67-103 .