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The Pulau River (Indonesian: Sungai Pulau, Dutch: Eilandenrivier) is a major river in South Papua province of Indonesia, with a total length of 403 km (250 mi).[3]

Pulau River Eilandenrivier
Location of river mouth
Native name	Sungai Pulau (Indonesian) Eilandenrivier (Dutch)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maoke Mountains, Indonesia
• coordinates	4°49′26″S 140°24′51″E
• elevation	4,000 m (13,000 ft)
Mouth
• location	Arafura Sea
• coordinates	5°45′35″S 138°07′17″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	569 km (354 mi)
Basin size	45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi) 37,164 km2 (14,349 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Eilanden Delta, Arafura Sea
• average	(Period of data: 2002-2011)3,133 m3/s (110,600 cu ft/s)[1] 3,784.72 m3/s (133,656 cu ft/s)[2]
• minimum	1,590 m3/s (56,000 cu ft/s)
• maximum	4,800 m3/s (170,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Baliem, Urumbuwe, Lorentz
• right	Kampung

Name

It was previously known as the Eilanden River based on Dutch colonial expedition maps,[4] and was still shown with this name on some government maps in the 2010s.[5][6]

Hydrology

The Pulau River has its source in the Jayawijaya Mountains near Puncak Mandala, around 4,000 metres or 13,100 feet in elevation. It flows south out of the mountains, and then follows a south-southwesterly course to the Arafura Sea on the Casuarina Coast.[4] Important tributaries include the Baliem River (formerly Vriendschaps River), Wildeman River, Kampung River and Brazza River.

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Western New Guinea with predominantly a tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[7] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C or 71.6 °F. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 24 °C or 75.2 °F, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C or 68 °F.[8] The average annual rainfall is 4,000- 5,547 millimetres or 218.39 inches. The wettest month is May, with an average of 594 millimetres or 23.39 inches rainfall, and the driest is July, with 384 millimetres or 15.12 inches rainfall.[9]

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Western New Guinea

References

На других языках

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[de] Pulau (Fluss)

Der Pulau (indonesisch Sungai Pulau „Inselfluss“, früher niederländisch Eilandenrivier) ist ein Fluss im Süden von Westneuguinea. Der Fluss beginnt als Zusammenfluss zweier Quellflüsse nahe der Grenze zwischen den Provinzen Papua Pegunungan und Papua Selatan und mündet südlich von Agats in einem Delta in die Arafurasee.

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- [en] Pulau River

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[it] Pulau

Il Pulau è un fiume dell'Indonesia.Ha una lunghezza di 674 km e una portata media alla foce di 100,3 m³/s. Il bacino idrografico è di 145000 km2.

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[ru] Пулау

Пулау (индон. Sungai Pulau, нидерл. Eilandenrivier) — река в Папуа, Индонезия[1].

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