Musa River

Summary

The Musa is a river on the eastern side of the Papuan Peninsula, in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the primary rivers on Oro Province. Its mouth exits into Dyke Ackland Bay.[1]

Musa
The Musa River is on the east coast, south of the latitude of Port Morsby and just north of Cape Nelson.
Location
CountryPapua New Guinea
RegionGulf
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPapua New Guinea
Mouth 
 • location
Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea
Basin size4,813 km2 (1,858 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average319 m3/s (11,300 cu ft/s)
 • minimum76 m3/s (2,700 cu ft/s)
 • maximum618 m3/s (21,800 cu ft/s)

A plan to dam the river in 1975 caused local opposition.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Murray, J.H.P. Papua; or British New Guinea, pp. 107-08 (1912)
  2. ^ May, R.J. State and Society in Papua New Guinea: The First Twenty-Five Years, p. 64-65 (2001)
  • Smith, John Wallis; Green, David Headley (1961). The Geology of the Musa River Area, Papua. Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.

9°03′S 148°55′E / 9.050°S 148.917°E / -9.050; 148.917