Idam (river)

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Idam
Idam River
location Sandaun ( Papua New Guinea )
River system Sepik
Drain over Sepik  → Bismarck Sea (Pacific Ocean)
Confluence of the source streams on the honeycomb at
4 ° 22 ′ 29 ″  S , 141 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  O
Source height approx.  530  m
muzzle in the Sepik
4 ° 0 ′ 39 ″  S , 141 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  80  m
Height difference approx. 450 m

Residents in the catchment area 650

The Idam ( English Idam River ) is a right tributary of the Sepik .

Location and course

The Idam rises about 20 kilometers east of the border of Papua New Guinea / Papua (Indonesia) on Wabenabei (about  1900  m  ⊙ ), one of the main peak of the Western Range , low northwestern foothills of the Bismarck Mountains which surrounds the upper Sepik. The Idam flows northwards and leaves the mountains after about 20 km. The places Antibi / Ju-Whiai 2  (approx.  80  m ⊙ ) and Bablediam / Idam (No. 1) (height approx.  90  m ⊙ ) are located here. Then the river meanders along the mountain foot further north, with the places Isagu / Entibi  (approx.  80  m ⊙ ) and further north Bisiaburu  (approx.  80  m ⊙ ). Between Iaburu and Mukuasi / Mukwasi , the Idam flows into the Sepik after a further 20 km as the crow flies from the right .     

The area, like most of the Sepik area, is largely untouched. The upper course of the Sepik flows through mountain rainforest , the lower course through a flood plain.

Web links

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b to map relief , Google Maps
  2. ↑ a b Idam CD: Idam # 1: 322, Idam # 2: 255, Bisiaburu: 106; 1980 Census, Martin 1981, p. 211; quoted n. papuaweb.org (Ed.): Abau . S. 4/5 (material collection pdf). ; Antibi is mentioned as a place in the work (p. 2), but apparently was not counted independently
  3. ^ Papua New Guinea - Dept. of Primary Industry (Ed.): Research bulletin 16, 1953, p. 267 gives Idam River valley S 4 ° 00 'E 141 ° 14' ( limited preview in Google book search), can also be found in Defense Mapping Agency ( Ed.): Gazetteer of Papua New Guinea: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. 1982, p. 184 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  4. ↑ S 4 ° 28 'E 141 ° 16' according to Gazetteer of Papua New Guinea 1982, p. 542
  5. ↑ a b c Name and place information according to map in Dataset , Upper Sepik-Central New Guinea Project / google.maps according to United States Board on Geographic Names