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Purari River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Purari (also known as Puraari) is a river that originates in the south central highlands especially in Kandep District of Enga Province of Papua New Guinea, flowing 630 kilometres (391 mi) though Gulf Province to the Gulf of Papua. The Purari has a 33,670 km2 (13, 000 sq mi) drainage basin and is the third largest river in Papua New Guinea. The discharge varies through the year, averaging around 3,000 m3/s (110, 000 cu ft/s)–4,000 m3/s (140, 000 cu ft/s) at the delta.

Flows through: Papua New Guinea.

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

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