Strickland | |
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Location | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Western Province |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Central Range |
• location | Confluence of Lagaip and Ok Om (Papua New Guinea) |
• coordinates | 5°8′49.9632″S 142°18′9.1404″E / 5.147212000°S 142.302539000°E |
• elevation | 468 m (1,535 ft) |
2nd source | Lagaip River |
• location | Central Range |
• coordinates | 5°38′52.692″S 143°36′48.7404″E / 5.64797000°S 143.613539000°E |
• elevation | 2,710 m (8,890 ft) |
3rd source | Ok Om River |
• location | Central Range |
• coordinates | 4°58′30.612″S 141°51′9.2592″E / 4.97517000°S 141.852572000°E |
• elevation | 1,955 m (6,414 ft) |
Mouth | Fly River |
• location | Obo |
• coordinates | 7°35′S 141°23′E / 7.583°S 141.383°E |
• elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Length | 824 km (512 mi) |
Basin size | 37,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Confluence of Fly River, Western Province (Papua New Guinea) |
• average | 4,000 m3/s (140,000 cu ft/s)[1] 3,600 m3/s (130,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 21,000 m3/s (740,000 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Herbert, Western Province (Papua New Guinea) |
• average | 3,500 m3/s (120,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
• minimum | 1,200 m3/s (42,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
• maximum | 4,500 m3/s (160,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Fly River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Lagaip, Liddle, Carrington, Aiema |
• right | Ok Om, Murray, Herbert |
The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of 824 km (512 mi) including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland River. It was named after Edward Strickland, vice-president of the Geographical Society of Australasia[2] by the New Guinea Exploration Expedition of 1885.