The Taritatu or Idenburg River also called Baliem River is a river in the northern part of the Indonesian province of Papua . It is the largest tributary of Mamberamo River with a total length of 808 km (502 mi).
2-628: During the Dutch colonial era it was known as the Idenburg River . The Taritatu River flows generally westward in the basin north of the island's central mountainous cordillera. The Sobger River is the major tributary. Eventually it meets the Tariku River , and at this confluence the two rivers become the Mamberamo River , one of the largest rivers on the island of New Guinea (Papua) . The total length
4-481: Is 266.176 km. The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is March, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 4269 mm. The wettest month
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