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join to form its other major tributary. In the middle of the Lakes Plains, the two rivers meet and merge to form the Mamberamo, one of the largest rivers of New Guinea. The Mamberamo flows out through a gorge between the
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South of the Lakes Plains lies the Central Dividing Range, the highest part of the western
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Biologically, the plains are covered by tropical lowland jungle. Much of that is
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Index

Lakes Plain
Lake Plains, South Australia

Western New Guinea
Lakes Plains is located in Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea
Lakes Plains is located in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Papua
Western New Guinea
Coordinates
2°55′30″S 138°26′30″E / 2.92500°S 138.44167°E / -2.92500; 138.44167
Mamberamo River
Papua
New Guinea
oxbow lakes
Adina
Barringtonia spicata
Barringtonia
swamp forest
sago palm
marsh
Echinochloa stagnina
Timonius
Dillenia
Nauclea
New Guinea Highlands
Tariku
Jayawijaya Mountains

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