Vero (Timor Sea)

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Vero
Rio Vero
The Vero flows south of the Tutuala Administrative Office

The Vero flows south of the Tutuala Administrative Office

Data
location Administrative Office Tutuala , East Timor
River system Vero
source Tutuala
8 ° 25 ′ 8 ″  S , 127 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  O
muzzle in the Timor Sea coordinates: 8 ° 28 '40 "  S , 127 ° 13' 58"  E 8 ° 28 '40 "  S , 127 ° 13' 58"  E

length 22.6 km
Mouth of the Vero.  In the background the Paitchau mountain range and dense tropical forest

Mouth of the Vero. In the background the Paitchau mountain range and dense tropical forest

The Vero ( Rio Vero ) is a river in East Timor .

course

Pool of a tributary of the Vero

The river flows through the Suco Tutuala , in the extreme east of the island of Timor and flows into the Timor Sea after 22.6 km . The Vero touches the border area of ​​the Sucos Muapitine shortly before its mouth .

The river is fed by several sources. The Fa Fa is a large pool under a waterfall. Han ( German to  eat ) is a year-round spring with a basin with gravel and rubble. Sair Ira on a hill consists of several basins. In Nair Ete , the actual spring is called Ira Ina ( German  mother of water ). It seeps from the embankment into a stream.

colonization

The area is sparsely populated and part of the Nino Konis Santana National Park .

fauna

The following fish species have been found in the Vero or its sources:

Web links

Commons : Vero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Helen K. Larson, Duncan Buckle, Jessica Lynas, Andrew Storey, Chris Humphrey: Additional records of freshwater fishes from Timor-Leste, with notes on the fish fauna of the unique closed Irasiquero River system , The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 2007 23: 131-135 .