Teouma
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| location | Efate , Vanuatu | |
| River system | Teouma | |
| Source height | approx. 360 m | |
| muzzle | In the Pacific Coordinates: 17 ° 47 ′ 19 ″ S , 168 ° 22 ′ 34 ″ E 17 ° 47 ′ 19 ″ S , 168 ° 22 ′ 34 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 360 m
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| Left tributaries | Boufa | |
| Right tributaries | Namaraï , Lololima | |
| Flowing lakes | Emaotul , Emaotfer , Duck Lake | |
Teouma is the longest river on the main island of Efate in the Shefa Province of Vanuatu .
geography
The Teouma rises almost in the center of the island, in the northeast of the Montagne Matera and runs steadily from north to south. In large parts, it follows a stepped terrain that stretches as far as Eratap in the southeast of Port Vila and forms the western headland of Teouma Bay . It flows in a strongly meandering course through the hill country and takes on numerous smaller rivers and temporary rivers . Below from the right and west Namaraï and Lololima and from the east and left just before the mouth of the Boufa . It also receives inflow from several lakes: Emaotul ( ⊙ ) and Emaotfer ( ⊙ ), as well as Duck Lake ( ⊙ ).
The river has the same name as a place in the estuary ( ⊙ ) and there is an important archaeological site: Lapita Site of Teouma.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teouma River, Vanuatu at GeoNames , accessed October 23, 2018
- ↑ Boufa, Vanuatu at GeoNames , accessed October 23, 2018
Web links
- geoview.info : Namaraï.
- Mapcarta.com
- Fiona Petchey; Matthew Spriggs; Stuart Bedford; Frédérique Valentin; Hallie Buckley : Radiocarbon dating of burials from the Teouma Lapita cemetery, Efate, Vanuatu. sciencedirect.com
- apscience.org : Archaeological investigation of the Lapita site of Teouma: the critical missing piece in the study of central Vanuatu environmental and cultural history. A project undertaken at the School of Archeology and Anthropology, and supervised by Matthew Spriggs
- world-archaeology.com