Fly River
| Fly | |
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Aerial view of the Fly River | |
Location of the Fly | |
| Location | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea and Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea |
| • coordinates | 5°32′15″S 141°53′16″E / 5.53750°S 141.88778°E |
| • elevation | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) |
| Mouth | Gulf of Papua |
• location | Papua New Guinea |
• coordinates | 8°33′40″S 143°35′20″E / 8.56111°S 143.58889°E |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length |
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| Basin size | 75,800 km2 (29,300 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Fly Delta |
| • average | 6,500 m3/s (230,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ogwa |
| • average | 6,000 m3/s (210,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Obo |
| • average | 2,400 m3/s (85,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Kiunga |
| • average | 1,110 m3/s (39,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Gulf of Papua |
| River system | Fly River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Palmer, Elevala, Binge, Agu, Strickland |
| • right | Gu, Ok Tedi, Soru, Burei, Bituri |
The Fly River is the third longest river on the island of New Guinea, after the Sepik and Mamberamo, with a total length of 1,060 km (660 mi). It is the largest by volume of discharge in Oceania, the largest in the world without a single dam in its catchment, and overall the 23rd-largest primary river in the world by discharge volume. It is located in the southwest of Papua New Guinea and in the South Papua province of Indonesia. It rises in the Victor Emanuel Range arm of the Star Mountains, and crosses the south-western lowlands before flowing into the Gulf of Papua in a large delta. The Fly–Strickland River system has a total length of 1,224 km (761 mi), making it the longest river system of an island in the world. The 824 km (512 mi) Strickland is the longest and largest tributary of Fly River, making it the farthest distance source of the Fly River.