The Wapoga River is a river in northern New Guinea, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Warenai River. The Wapoga River basin and surrounding mountains were surveyed by a team of scientists organized by Conservation International in 1998.[3] The rainbowfish Glossolepis leggetti and Melanotaenia rubripinnis are only known from this river system.

Wapoga River Sungai Wapoga, Wai Poga, Wappoya, Wapongga River, Wapoga Rivier, Watoga, Wapangga-rivier
Location of river mouth Show map of Papua (province) Wapoga River (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Western Papua
Mouth
• location	Nabire Regency

The Keuw language is spoken within the watershed of the Wapoga River.[4]

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 18 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4938 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 586 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 269 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Western New Guinea
• Wapoga River languages

References