Taritatu River
title: "Taritatu River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-papua-(province)", "mamberamo-basin"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-papua-province" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taritatu_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Taritatu River |
| name_other | Sungai Taritatu, Idenburg-rivier, Tari Taloe, Taritatoe, Tari Talu |
| pushpin_map | Indonesia Papua#Indonesia |
| pushpin_map_size | Location of river mouth |
| source1_location | Western Papua |
| mouth_location | Mamberamo River |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Indonesia |
| length | 808 km |
| discharge1_avg | (Period of data: 2003-2009)1,658 m3/s |
| basin_size | 47,872.9 km2 |
| discharge1_location | Atuoi, Indonesia (Basin size: 32,421 km2 |
| :: |
| name = Taritatu River | name_other = Sungai Taritatu, Idenburg-rivier, Tari Taloe, Taritatoe, Tari Talu | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Indonesia Papua#Indonesia | pushpin_map_size = Location of river mouth | source1_location = Western Papua | mouth_location = Mamberamo River | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | length = 808 km | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg =(Period of data: 2003-2009)1,658 m3/s | basin_size =47,872.9 km2 |discharge1_location=Atuoi, Indonesia (Basin size: 32,421 km2|tributaries_left=Waruta|tributaries_right=Songgat, Sobger, Van de Wal}} 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.
Name
During the Dutch colonial era it was known as the Idenburg River.
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.
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.
References
References
- [http://www.geonames.org/1624686/sungai%20taritatu.html Sungai Taritatu] - Geonames.org.
- [https://lingkunganhidup.papua.go.id/gi/fckimage/file/SLHD/Tabel%20SD-11.pdf Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010]
- (). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
- (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA.
- (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.
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