Dumbéa River

The Dumbéa River is a river of New Caledonia. It has a catchment area of 233 square kilometres. It is a beautiful river, and flows from the Diahot River.[1]

Geography

Its upstream course is divided into two torrential branches:

  • the eastern branch, the main one, covers a watershed of 68  km2 and flows over 12  km from the Montagne des Sources (which peaks at an altitude of 1,050 m) to the confluence,
  • The northern branch covers a watershed of 41.5  km2 , with a main course length of 9.1  km between the source at an altitude of 1,250 m and the confluence zone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The impacts of opencast mining in New Caledonia". The United Nations University. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

22°08′02″S 166°29′49″E / 22.134°S 166.497°E / -22.134; 166.497


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