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Waruta River Sungai Waruta, Waroeta River, Nawa Waroeta | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Western Papua |
Mouth | |
• location | Taritatu River |
The Waruta River is a river in northern Western Papua in the province of Papua, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River.
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is March, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3489 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 444 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 162 mm rainfall.[5]