Maro (river)
Maro Merauke |
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location | Kabupaten Merauke, Papua Province , Western New Guinea , Indonesia | |
River system | Maro | |
source | west of the Danau Gab-Gab, approximately: 7 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E |
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muzzle | at Merauke in the Arafurasee coordinates: 8 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ S , 140 ° 21 ′ 1 ″ E 8 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ S , 140 ° 21 ′ 1 ″ E
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Medium-sized cities | Merauke |
The Maro or Merauke is a river in western New Guinea , in the Merauke administrative district in the Indonesian province of Papua . It rises near the border with Papua New Guinea . From there it flows to the southwest and flows into the Arafura Sea at Merauke . Its total length is 207 km. The Maro borders on the north side of the Wasur National Park . The Obat (Oba) flows into him.
At the lower reaches of the Maro, the Jee-anim and Marind-anim territories border each other.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Wirz: The Marind-anim of Dutch-South-New-Guinea vol. 1, part 1, p. 23 ff.