Lamari River

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Lamari
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Physical characteristics
Mouth  
  location
Purari River basin
  coordinates
6°54′00″S145°25′00″E / 6.90000°S 145.41667°E / -6.90000; 145.41667

Lamari River is a river that originates in Kratke Range in the south central highlands of Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. [1] It flows into the Purari River basin.

Population

Awa speaking indigenous people populate Lamari river basin. [2] Lamari River serves as the demarcation line between the Kukukuku people and their neighbours to the north-west, the Fore people. [3]

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References

  1. Lamari River: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
  2. Daniel G. Bates, Judith Tucker Human Ecology: Contemporary Research and Practice Springer Science & Business Media, Mar 29, 2010 377 pages
  3. Werner H. Stöcklin Kukukuku : Medical Patrol into one of the last restricted areas in the New Guinea Highlands Acta Tropica 25 (1968)