The Tua River is a tributary of the
Purari River
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 though Gulf Province to the Gulf of Papua. The Purari has a drainage bas ...
of
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 originates in the
Eastern Highlands Province
Eastern Highlands is a highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km2, and has a population of 579,825 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary w ...
and flows through the highlands of the
Simbu Province
Chimbu, more frequently spelled Simbu, is a province in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea. The province has an area of 6,112 km2 and a population of 376,473 (2011 census). The capital of the province is Kundiawa. Mount Wilhelm, the t ...
, where it joins the
Pio River
Pio or PIO may refer to:
Places
* Pio Lake, Italy
* Pio Island, Solomon Islands
* Pio Point, Bird Island, south Atlantic Ocean
People
* Pio (given name)
* Pio (surname)
* Pio (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Pio (footballer, born 1 ...
, giving rise to the Purari.
Geography
Tua River has several tributaries, in particular
Erave River Erave may refer to:
* Erave language
*The ''Erave'' dialect of the Kewa language
Kewa is an Engan language complex of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. A dictionary of the western dialect of Kewa has been compiled by .
Pho ...
, which in turn has
Iaro River as its own tributary. The Waghi River is also a major tributary, which rises in Jiwaka Province and flows through the expansive
Waghi Valley Waghi (also spelled Wahgi) may refer to:
Geography
* North Waghi Rural LLG
* South Waghi Rural LLG
* North Waghi District
* Anglimp-South Waghi District
* Waghi River
Languages
* Wahgi language
* Chimbu–Wahgi languages
People
* Waghi Tumbe
...
. Another tributary is the
Chimbu River
Chimbu River is a river in the Chimbu Province of 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 offsho ...
.
History
During the formation of the volcanoes of
Soaru Range
Soaru Range also known as ''Sewori Range'' is a mountain range in the Southern Highlands Province in central part of Papua New Guinea, 500 km north-west of Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or si ...
and
Mount Karimui
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, ...
, the river's course was temporarily blocked, which caused the formation of a short-lived lake.
See also
*
Tua River languages TUA may stand for:
* Theological University of Apeldoorn, a theological university in the Netherlands
* Tokyo University of Agriculture, a private university in Japan
* Tokyo University of the Arts, a national university in Japan
* TOW Under Armor, ...
References
Rivers of Papua New Guinea
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