Digul River

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The Digul River is a major river in the Indonesian province of South Papua, historically known for its remote location and association with Dutch colonial-era prison camps.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Digul River canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
administrativeRegion Boven Digoel Regency ⓘ
Mappi Regency ⓘ
associatedWith political exile of Indonesian nationalists ⓘ
basinCountry Indonesia ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate in basin ⓘ
colonialPower Netherlands ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
dischargeLocation Arafura Sea off southern New Guinea coast ⓘ
linked to: Arafura Sea
drainageBasin southern New Guinea lowlands ⓘ
economicUse local fishing ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
timber transport ⓘ
ecosystem lowland rainforest and swamp forests ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsInto Arafura Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Boven Digoel Regency ⓘ
Mappi Regency ⓘ
formerProvince Papua Province ⓘ
geographicFeatureOf South Papua Province ⓘ
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary near mouth ⓘ
hasTributary Korupun River ⓘ
Mandobo River ⓘ
Mappi River ⓘ
historicalFunction site of remote detention for political prisoners ⓘ
historicalPeriod Dutch East Indies era ⓘ
historicalSite Boven-Digoel internment camp ⓘ
linked to: Boven Digoel
knownFor association with Dutch colonial-era prison camps ⓘ
remoteness ⓘ
languageVariant Digoel River ⓘ
Sungai Digul ⓘ
length approximately 525 km ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesian New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Dutch New Guinea

South Papua ⓘ
locatedOn New Guinea ⓘ
mouth Arafura Sea ⓘ
mouthLocation near Dolak Island ⓘ
navigable yes ⓘ
navigableFor hundreds of kilometers from its mouth ⓘ
notableFor difficult access during colonial times ⓘ
sparsely populated surroundings ⓘ
partOf Papua region of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Papua
region South Papua ⓘ
riverSystem southern New Guinea river system ⓘ
sourceCountry Indonesia ⓘ
sourceLocation central highlands of New Guinea ⓘ
usedAs transport route for political prisoners during Dutch colonial era ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boven Digoel → namedAfter → Digul River ⓘ
Boven Digoel → locatedOn → Digul River ⓘ
Boven Digul → traversedBy → Digul River ⓘ
Boven Digul → namedAfter → Digul River ⓘ