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The Dumbéa River is a river of
New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. It has a catchment area of 233 square kilometres. It is a beautiful river, and flows from the Diahot River.


Geography

Its upstream course is divided into two torrential branches: * the eastern branch, the main one, covers a watershed of 68  km2 and flows over 12  km from the Montagne des Sources (which peaks at an altitude of 1,050 m) to the confluence, * The northern branch covers a watershed of 41.5  km2 , with a main course length of 9.1  km between the source at an altitude of 1,250 m and the confluence zone.


See also

*
List of rivers of New Caledonia A list of rivers of New Caledonia: * Amoa River * Canala River * Cap River * Comboui River * Diahot River * Dothio River * Dumbéa River * Hienghène River * Ho River * Houaïlou River * Iouanga River * Karoipa River *Koua River * Kouakoué Rive ...


References

Rivers of New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-river-stub