Taritatu
Taritatu is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -3.47°, 139.51°
About Taritatu
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).
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Taritatu River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Taritatu in Depth
Geography
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). 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. 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.
Hydrology
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.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Taritatu River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Taritatu: Key Facts
| Length | 320 km |
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Facts from Wikidata Q2324718 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Taritatu: Quick Answers
- Where is Taritatu?
- Taritatu is located in Indonesia, at 3.4696° S, 139.5109° E.
- Are there dams on the Taritatu?
- No dam on the Taritatu is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.