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Jaba River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Jaba River is a river in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It empties to Empress Augusta Bay at 6.3833333°S 155.2166667°E / -6.3833333; 155.2166667. It was polluted by waste from the Panguna mine, which specialized in copper. The aquatic life of Jaba river was destroyed due to heavy metal pollution. The environmental pollution of river was one of the causes of armed conflict on the island and struggle of local people for independence.

Flows through: Papua New Guinea.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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