The Musa is a river on the eastern side of the
Papuan Peninsula
The Papuan Peninsula, also known as the Bird's Tail Peninsula, is a large peninsula in Papua New Guinea, southeast of the city of Lae, that makes up the southeastern portion of the island of New Guinea. The peninsula is the easternmost extent of ...
, in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. It is one of the primary rivers on
Oro Province
Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province in the Southern Region, Papua New Guinea, Southern Region of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The provinc ...
. Its mouth exits into
Dyke Ackland Bay.
[Murray, J.H.P]
Papua; or British New Guinea
pp. 107-08 (1912)
A plan to dam the river in 1975 caused local opposition.
[May, R.J]
State and Society in Papua New Guinea: The First Twenty-Five Years
p. 64-65 (2001)
Tributaries
The main tributaries from the mouth:
See also
*
List of rivers of Papua New Guinea This is a list of rivers of Papua New Guinea.
In alphabetical order
New Britain
* Aemoi River
* Apmi River
* Balima River (Papua New Guinea)
* Johanna River (New Britain)
* Warangoi River
New Ireland
* Aparam River
* Lossuk River
* Lumis Rive ...
*
List of rivers of Oceania
This is a list of rivers in Oceania.
Australia
*List of rivers of Australia
Cook Islands
*Avana River
Fiji
*Ba River (Fiji), Ba River
*Dreketi River
*Navua River
*Rewa River
*Sigatoka River
French Polynesia
*Papenoo River
New Zealand
*List o ...
References
*
Rivers of Papua New Guinea
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