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Digul River 
NASA Landsat image (enhanced) of the Digul Estuary, looking roughly east. Dolak can be seen towards the south.Country Indonesia Region Papua Mouth - location Arafura Sea - coordinates 7°7′S 138°42′E / 7.117°S 138.7°E Length 525 km (326 mi) The Digul (Dutch: Digoel) is a major river in southern Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea.
The swamplands upstream were known by the name "Boven Digul" (Above the Digul, in Dutch) and hosted a penal colony at Tanahmerah (Red Earth) in the early 20th century, when Indonesia was a colony of Holland. As a result of the abortive 1926 revolt by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), the Dutch exiled 823 of the most troublesome revolutionaries here.[1]
Rising on the southern slopes of Maoke Mountains, the Digul flows first south and then west to empty into the Arafura Sea. For much of its length it travels across a low region of extensive swamps and creates a delta near Dolak (Frederik Hendrik) Island. The river has a length of 525 kilometres (326 mi) and is navigable as far as Tanahmerah.
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- Rivers of West Papua
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