The Fly River is the third longest river on the island of New Guinea, after the Sepik River and Mamberamo River, with a total length of 1,060 km (660 mi)...
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Techniques for fly fishing differ with habitat (lakes and ponds, small streams, large rivers, bays and estuaries, and open ocean.) In fly fishing, fish...
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Pig-nosed turtle (redirect from Fly River turtle)
The pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), also known as the Fly River turtle, the pitted-shelled turtle, and the Warrajan is a species of turtle...
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pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as...
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Western Province (Papua New Guinea) (redirect from Fly River Province)
are several large rivers that run through the province, including the Fly River and its tributaries the Strickland and Ok Tedi rivers. The largest lake...
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the first Italian to chart the Fly River in what is now called Papua New Guinea. He undertook three voyages up this river from 1875 to 1877. The first was...
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Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Upper Fly River...
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also refer to: Fly, Ohio, U.S. Fly, Tennessee, U.S. Fly River (or the Fly), New Guinea Fly (artist), comic book artist and illustrator Fly (gamer), Israeli...
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The Fly River grassbird (Poodytes albolimbatus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New...
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north coast southwards to where it meets the Fly River flowing east, then a short curve of the river's thalweg to where it meets the 141°01'10" E meridian...
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states have programs to suppress the black fly population. They spread several diseases, including river blindness in Africa (Simulium damnosum and S...
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straight north–south lines connected by a short section running along the Fly river, totalling 824 km (512 mi). The boundary separates Papua, Highland Papua...
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Geography of Papua New Guinea (section Rivers)
major rivers, notably the Sepik River, which is 1,126 km (700 mi) long, which winds through lowland swamp plains to the north coast, and the Fly River at...
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tributary of the Fly, reaches the Papuan Plain through wild gorges. Fly and Strickland together form the largest river in New Guinea. The many rivers flowing into...
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Ok Tedi environmental disaster (redirect from Mining pollution of the Ok Tedi River)
harm to the environment along 1,000 km (620 mi) of the Ok Tedi River and the Fly River in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea from 1984 to 2013,...
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province. For example, Bougainville became North Solomons, Western became Fly River, Chimbu became Simbu, Northern became Oro, and West Sepik became Sandaun...
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of northern Australia which lies to the south. The name refers to the Fly River. From possibly as early as the 16th century, merchants from Makassar,...
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The Trans-Fly–Bulaka River aka South-Central Papuan languages form a hypothetical family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages west of...
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Nematalosa flyensis (redirect from Fly River gizzard shad)
Nematalosa flyensis, the Fly River gizzard or Fly River gizzard shad, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish within the family Clupeidae. The species...
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The Fly River water rat (Leptomys signatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is...
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second-longest river on the island of New Guinea, after Sepik River (1,146 km) and the third largest in Oceania by discharge (5,500 m3/s) volume after Fly River (7...
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Amanita muscaria (redirect from Fly agaric)
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is a large white-gilled, white-spotted...
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The Fly River trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula muscina) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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United States Department of the Interior. "The Flood Observatory". "The Fly River catchment Papua New Guinea : A regional environmental assessment". 29...
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Anim languages (redirect from Fly River languages)
The Anim or Fly River languages are a language family in south-central New Guinea established by Usher & Suter (2015). The names of the family derive...
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island that goes by the same name, which is located near the mouth of the Fly River on the western side of the Gulf, just north of Torres Strait and Far North...
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Nactus inundatus (redirect from Fly River slender-toed gecko)
The Fly River slender-toed gecko (Nactus inundatus) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Nactus inundatus...
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is a List of international river borders. Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum: Rivers that form borders between countries...
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disaster caused severe harm to the environment along the Ok Tedi River and the Fly River in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea between around 1984...
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The Middle Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea is a large, coastal district that forms the central area of the Fly River basin. It...
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