# Jaba River

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{{Short description|River in Papua New Guinea}}
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'''Jaba River''' is a river in [Bougainville](/source/Bougainville_Province), [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). It empties to [Empress Augusta Bay](/source/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](/source/Panguna_mine), which specialized in [copper](/source/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](/source/Bougainville_Civil_War) 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]

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

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