Jaba River

{{Short description|River in Papua New Guinea}} {{refimprove|date=February 2013}} '''Jaba River''' is a river in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It empties to Empress Augusta Bay at {{coord|6.3833333|S|155.2166667|E|}}. It was polluted by waste<ref name=tailings>{{cite web|last=Info|first=Tailings|title=Offshore Disposal - River, Lake and Sea discharge|url=http://www.tailings.info/storage/offshore.htm|publisher=tailings.info|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> from the Panguna mine, which specialized in copper. The aquatic life of Jaba river was destroyed due to heavy metal pollution.<ref>{{cite book|first=Don|last= Hinrichsen|title= Coastal Waters of the World: Trends, Threats, and Strategies|publisher= Island Press |pages=137}}</ref> The environmental pollution of river was one of the causes <ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Ware|title=Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 183|publisher=Springer|page=41}}</ref><ref name=PNG>{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Sinclare|title=Bougainville mine to revisit tailings options|url=http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/bougainville-mine-to-revisit-tailings-options/|publisher=Papua New Guinea Mine Watch|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> of armed conflict on the island and struggle of local people for independence.

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204043031/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~gmi196/DrylandRivers/pickup/Jaba_delta.htm Photo of river delta]

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{{Rivers of Papua New Guinea}} Category:Rivers of Papua New Guinea Category:Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville