The largest river in Papua New Guinea by discharge, flowing from the central highlands south to the Gulf of Papua through extensive lowland swamp forest. Its basin is one of the least developed and most ecologically intact river systems in the Pacific region.
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Source Fly River (Wikipedia)
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Source Fly River (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Fly River
Wikidata Q739751, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Fly River (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Delta Formation, Formation statement for target 287621
Seismic profiles and radiometrically dated core samples indicate that the delta is prograding seawards at an average rate of about 6 m/a
Flows Into: Gulf of Papua, Infobox: mouth
Gulf of Papua
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