The Turama River is a river of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. Approximately 10 miles (16 km) wide at the mouth, with a total length of , it narrows rapidly. This, combined with its location at the head of the Gulf of Papua, results in
tidal bore
Tidal is the adjectival form of tide.
Tidal may also refer to:
* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
* TidalCycles, a live coding environment for music
* Tidal (serv ...
s sweeping up the river. The effects are noticeable as far as 100 km upstream.
See also
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List of rivers of Papua New Guinea This is a list of rivers of Papua New Guinea.
In alphabetical order
New Britain
* Aemoi River
* Apmi River
* Balima River (Papua New Guinea)
* Johanna River (New Britain)
* Warangoi River
New Ireland
* Aparam River
* Lossuk River
* Lumis Rive ...
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Turama–Kikorian languages
The Turama–Kikorian languages are a family identified by Arthur Capell (1962) and part of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) family in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The family is named after the Turam ...
Rivers of Papua New Guinea
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