Waria River

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Waria River
File:Surveyor Gustav Sabine looking at boundary posts at the Waria (Wuwu) River in Morobe and Oro provinces.jpg
Surveyor Gustav Sabine at the Waria River
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Native nameBaridza (Zia)
Location
CountryFile:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province and Madang Province
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPapua New Guinea
Mouth 
 • location
Markham River

The Waria River is a river in Oro Province and Morobe Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. It flows into the Solomon Sea. The river is fast-flowing with heavy sediment. The lower Waria Valley is home to the indigenous Zia people, flowing through the communities of Pema, Popoe and Saigara. Australian anthropologist Ernest Chinnery discovered the source of the river in the 1910s.

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