Purari
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Purari Purari Wara |
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| location | Gulf Province ( Papua New Guinea ) | |
| River system | Purari | |
| Drain over | Purari → Pacific Ocean | |
| origin | Confluence of the Tua and Erave 6 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| muzzle | with 2 arms in the Gulf of Papua . Splitting: Coordinates: 7 ° 30 ′ 28 ″ S , 145 ° 5 ′ 31 ″ E 7 ° 30 ′ 28 ″ S , 145 ° 5 ′ 31 ″ E
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| length | 902 km | |
| Catchment area | 28,738 km² | |
The Purari ( English Purari River ) or Purari Wara is a river that rises in the southern central highlands of Papua New Guinea . It is 902 km long and flows through the Gulf Province into the Gulf of Papua , where it finally flows. The Purari has a catchment area of 28,738 km² and is the third largest river in Papua New Guinea in terms of length and flow rate.
The main river in the upper reaches of the central highlands is called Waghi . The tributaries in the upper reaches flow 285 km through narrow, steep gorges with the 4509 m high Mount Wilhelm in the northeast and the 4368 m high Mount Giluwe in the northwest of the catchment area. In the middle reaches the river is called Tua for 90 km up to the confluence with the Erave . From there it flows about 270 km to the mouth as Purari. The mean annual precipitation (from 1963 to 1990) at Purari (40 m above sea level) was 8929 mm. Around 450,000 people lived on the river in 1990; the larger cities are Mount Hagen , Kundiawa and Goroka .
The most important right tributaries are the 130 km long Kaugel with a catchment area of 4000 km² and the Erave with a catchment area of 5330 km². Important left tributaries are the Pio and the 150 km long Aure with a catchment area of 180 km².
The water runoff at Purari near Wabo Creek averages around 2400 m³ / s.
The water of the Purari has not yet been used by dams and power plants.
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- Catalog of Rivers for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Volume III , The UNESCO-IHP Regional Steering Committee for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, May 2000 ( pdf )