Ramu
Sign in to saveThe Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about northwest to the Bismarck Sea.
Key facts
- River.name
- Ramu
- River.image
- Ramu River from air.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Part of the Ramu from the air
- River.map
- New guinea ramu.PNG
- River.map_caption
- Location of the Ramu River
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Papua New Guinea
- River.subdivision_type3
- Region
- River.subdivision_name3
- Madang Province
- River.source1_location
- Kratke Range, Papua New Guinea
- River.mouth_location
- Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Located in
- Madang Province
- Image
- Ramu River from air.jpg
- Length
- 640
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- Commons category
- Ramu River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Bismarck Sea
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- German exploration
- Australian administration and Second World War
- Hydroelectric plant
- Image gallery
- References
The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about northwest to the Bismarck Sea.
Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries from the Bismarck Range to the south and the Finisterre and Adelbert.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ramu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
3 mapped locations