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Bamu River Gwavi River, Aworra River
Location within Papua New Guinea
Location
Country	Papua New Guinea
Region	Western Province
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Great Papuan Plateau, Southern Highlands Province
• coordinates	6°38′51.666″S 142°49′12.432″E / 6.64768500°S 142.82012000°E / -6.64768500; 142.82012000
• elevation	1,113 m (3,652 ft)
Mouth	Gulf of Papua
• location	Bamu Rural LLG
• coordinates	8°4′1.7796″S 143°42′37.2888″E / 8.067161000°S 143.710358000°E / -8.067161000; 143.710358000
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	310 km (190 mi)
Basin size	19,346.5 km (7,469.7 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	(Period: 1971-2000)1,113.6 m/s (39,330 cu ft/s) to 2,000 m/s (71,000 cu ft/s)(1986)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Wawoi, Aramia

The Bamu River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea.

See also

• List of rivers of Papua New Guinea
• Bamu language, a language of Papua New Guinea
• Bamu Rural LLG, Papua New Guinea
• Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests

References

1. ^ "Papua New Guinea Coast".
2. Rudy, Slingerland; Neal W., Driscoll; John D., Milliman; Scott R., Miller; Elizabeth A., Johnstone (2008). Anatomy and growth of a Holocene clinothem in the Gulf of Papua.
3. Bamu River in Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22
4. "HOTOSM Papua New Guinea Waterways (OpenStreetMap Export)". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

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• Rivers of Papua New Guinea
• Papua New Guinea river stubs