The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).

[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C.

The warmest month is December, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.

[4] The average annual rainfall is 5547 mm.

The wettest month is May, with an average of 594 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 384 mm rainfall.