Maro (river)

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Maro
Merauke
Data
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
muzzle at Merauke in the Arafurasee coordinates: 8 ° 28 ′ 24 ″  S , 140 ° 21 ′ 1 ″  E 8 ° 28 ′ 24 ″  S , 140 ° 21 ′ 1 ″  E

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

  1. ↑ Paul Wirz: The Marind-anim of Dutch-South-New-Guinea vol. 1, part 1, p. 23 ff.