Wapoga River
title: "Wapoga River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-central-papua", "wapoga-basin"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-central-papua" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapoga_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wapoga River |
| name_other | Sungai Wapoga, Wai Poga, Wappoya, Wapongga River, Wapoga Rivier, Watoga, Wapangga-rivier |
| pushpin_map | Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of river mouth |
| source1_location | Western Papua |
| mouth_location | Cenderawasih Bay, Nabire Regency |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Indonesia |
| length | 214.2 km |
| discharge1_avg | 429.64 m3/s |
| basin_size | 5,096 km2 |
| :: |
| name =Wapoga River | name_other = Sungai Wapoga, Wai Poga, Wappoya, Wapongga River, Wapoga Rivier, Watoga, Wapangga-rivier | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia | pushpin_map_caption = Location of river mouth | source1_location = Western Papua | mouth_location = Cenderawasih Bay, Nabire Regency | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | length = 214.2 km | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = 429.64 m3/s | basin_size = 5,096 km2 The Wapoga River is a river in northern New Guinea, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is a tributary of the Warenai River. The Wapoga River basin and surrounding mountains were surveyed by a team of scientists organized by Conservation International in 1998. The rainbowfish Glossolepis leggetti and Melanotaenia rubripinnis are only known from this river system.
The Keuw language is spoken within the watershed of the Wapoga River.
Geography
| Wapoga River | 17| 20| 303 | 19| 21| 354 | 19| 23| 586 | 21| 22| 504 | 21| 23| 355 | 19| 20| 422 | 21| 23| 391 | 20| 23| 458 | 21| 23| 409 | 22| 23| 269 | 21| 23| 431 | 19| 22| 456 |float=right |source = 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 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 18 °C. The average annual rainfall is 4938 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 586 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 269 mm rainfall.
References
References
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- [http://www.geonames.org/1622055/sungai%20wapoga.html Sungai Wapoga] – Geonames.org.
- Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne Alonso, eds.. (2000). "A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia". Conservation International.
- Kamholz, David. 2012. ''[http://www.langlxmelanesia.com/8%20kamholz243-268.pdf The Keuw isolate: Preliminary materials and classification] {{Webarchive. link. (29 May 2015 ''. In Harald Hammarström and Wilco van den Heuvel (eds.), History, contact, and classification of Papuan languages, 243–268. Special issue of Language and Linguistics in Melanesia. Port Moresby: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea.)
- (). "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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