{{Short description|River in Papua New Guinea}} {{Unreferenced|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Waria River | name_native = {{native name|zia |Baridza }} | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Surveyor Gustav Sabine looking at boundary posts at the Waria (Wuwu) River in Morobe and Oro provinces.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Surveyor Gustav Sabine at the Waria River | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = {{PNG}} | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Morobe Province and Madang Province | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = Papua New Guinea | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = | mouth_location = Markham River | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Waria River''' is a river in Oro Province and Morobe Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. It flows into the Solomon Sea. The river is fast-flowing with heavy sediment. The lower Waria Valley is home to the indigenous Zia people, flowing through the communities of Pema, Popoe and Saigara. Australian anthropologist Ernest Chinnery discovered the source of the river in the 1910s.
==See also== * Waria Rural LLG
{{Rivers of Papua New Guinea}} Category:Rivers of Papua New Guinea
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