Tono River
The Tono River (Portuguese: Ribeira de Tono, Tetum: Mota Tono) is the main river in Oecusse, an exclave of East Timor.[1]: 4 The river flows north, through the center of the district into the Savu Sea, reaching the sea near Lifau. The area is the main rice-producing place in Oecusse.
| Tono River | |
|---|---|
 Tono River estuary | |
  Location of river mouth | |
| Native name |
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| Location | |
| Country | East Timor |
| Municipality | Oecusse |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Savu Sea |
• location | Lifau |
• coordinates | 9°12′31″S 124°18′12″E |
| Basin features | |
| Bridges | Noefefan Bridge |
The river's catchment or drainage basin is one of the 10 major catchments in East Timor.[2]
In June 2017 the Noefefan Bridge was inaugurated over the Tono River. The 380-meter-long bridge connects Citrana, Passabe and other isolated regions west of the Tono River to the regional capital of Pante Macassar, providing them with permanent access to markets, the ferry, and airport, even during the rainy season (November to April).[3]
See also
References
- Seehausen, Malte; Pinto, Rui Miguel da Silva; Trainor, Colin Richard; Lopes, Jafet Potenzo (30 December 2018). "Further records of Odonata from Timor Island, with the first photographs of living Nososticta impercepta (Odonata: Platycnemididae) and additional records from Rote and Romang Islands". Faunistic Studies in South-east Asian and Pacific Island Odonata, Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund (25): 1–75. ISSN 2195-4534. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Timor-Leste (2011 – 2020) (PDF) (Report) (rev. ed.). Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. 2015. p. 72. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- Noefefan Bridge inaugurated
Further reading
- Wheeler, T. (2004) East Timor. Footscray, VIC; Lonely Planet.
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