The Taritatu or Idenburg River also called Baliem River is a river in the northern part of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is the largest tributary of Mamberamo River with a total length of 808 km (502 mi).[1]

Taritatu River
Sungai Taritatu, Idenburg-rivier, Tari Taloe, Taritatoe, Tari Talu
Taritatu River is located in Papua (province)
Taritatu River
Taritatu River is located in Indonesia
Taritatu River
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Mamberamo River
Length808 km (502 mi)
Basin size47,872.9 km2 (18,483.8 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationAtuoi, Indonesia (Basin size: 32,421 km2 (12,518 sq mi)
 • average(Period of data: 2003-2009)1,658 m3/s (58,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWaruta
 • rightSonggat, Sobger, Van de Wal

Name

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During the Dutch colonial era it was known as the Idenburg River.

Hydrology

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The Taritatu River flows generally westward in the basin north of the island's central mountainous cordillera. The Sobger River is the major tributary. Eventually it meets the Tariku River, and at this confluence the two rivers become the Mamberamo River, one of the largest rivers on the island of New Guinea (Papua). The total length is 266.176 km.[2]

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is March, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4269 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 487 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 278 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sungai Taritatu - Geonames.org.
  2. ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
  3. ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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