Lakes Plains

The Mamberamo Lakes Plains (Dutch Meervlakte, Malay dataran danau-danau)[1] are a large, flat low-lying area of the Mamberamo River basin in the Indonesian province Papua on the island of New Guinea.

The plain is defined by the meandering tributaries of the Mamberamo, and includes hundreds of oxbow lakes.

During the rainy season, large parts of the remaining forest is flooded for months at a time.

[4] South of the Lakes Plains lies the Central Dividing Range, the highest part of the western New Guinea Highlands, which drains into the basin.

The major tributary of the Taritatu to the south, the Sobger River, originating in the Maoke Mountains, while to the north the Songgolo and Pauwasi Rivers join to form its other major tributary.