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Loes River
The Loes River (Portuguese: Ribeira de Lois or Rio Lois, Tetum: Mota Lois) is the longest river in Timor-Leste with a total length of 123 km (76 mi) and one of the few perennial rivers in the country's north.
The river combines with its tributaries to make up Timor-Leste's largest river system, and its catchment or drainage basin extends into the province of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia.
The river and tributaries drain from the central mountains of Timor in a generally northeasterly direction into Ombai Strait. However, the river itself flows in a northwesterly direction, along the border between Bobonaro and Liquiçá municipalities in Timor-Leste.
The river is fed by a large number of gullies, creeks, streams and other rivers. Its headwaters are mainly in the portion of Timor's central mountains ranging between, on the one hand, Belu Regency, Indonesia, and Cova Lima municipality, Timor-Leste, both southwest of the river's mouth, and, on the other hand, Liquiçá municipality, Timor-Leste, to the mouth's east.
From the southwestern headwaters, the river's southwestern and southern tributaries flow for the most part in a northeasterly direction through, or along the borders of, Belu Regency, Indonesia, and Bobonaro municipality, Timor-Leste (including borders with other municipalities), to the source of the river, at the confluence of the Nunura and Marobo rivers. That confluence is on the border between Bobonaro and Liquiçá municipalities, a short distance upstream of the tripoint between those two municipalities and Ermera municipality, Timor-Leste.
At the river's source confluence and at the tripoint, the waters of its southwestern and southern tributaries converge with the waters from its southeastern and eastern tributaries. The river then flows, generally in a northwesterly direction, along the border between Bobonaro and Liquiçá, until it discharges into Ombai Strait, at the western end of the border between Suco Rairobo, Atabae administrative post, Bobonaro, and Suco Vatuboro, Maubara administrative post, Liquiçá.
The river is one of the few perennial streams in the north of Timor-Leste, one of only three such northern watercourses that can potentially be inhabited by saltwater crocodiles all year round (the others being the North Laclo and the Seiçal). Its main channel, formed by the Marobo and Nunura Rivers, is braided, varies in width from about 200 m (660 ft) up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft), and is wider in its lower reaches.
At the mouth of the river, Ombai Strait is part of the Banda Sea, which extends a little further west, to longitude 125° East; beyond that meridian, the strait is part of the Savu Sea. A short distance upstream of the river mouth is the Loes Bridge, which was opened in 1991 and is the main bridge connecting West Timor, Indonesia, and Bobonaro with Dili, the national capital of Timor-Leste.
Loes River
The Loes River (Portuguese: Ribeira de Lois or Rio Lois, Tetum: Mota Lois) is the longest river in Timor-Leste with a total length of 123 km (76 mi) and one of the few perennial rivers in the country's north.
The river combines with its tributaries to make up Timor-Leste's largest river system, and its catchment or drainage basin extends into the province of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia.
The river and tributaries drain from the central mountains of Timor in a generally northeasterly direction into Ombai Strait. However, the river itself flows in a northwesterly direction, along the border between Bobonaro and Liquiçá municipalities in Timor-Leste.
The river is fed by a large number of gullies, creeks, streams and other rivers. Its headwaters are mainly in the portion of Timor's central mountains ranging between, on the one hand, Belu Regency, Indonesia, and Cova Lima municipality, Timor-Leste, both southwest of the river's mouth, and, on the other hand, Liquiçá municipality, Timor-Leste, to the mouth's east.
From the southwestern headwaters, the river's southwestern and southern tributaries flow for the most part in a northeasterly direction through, or along the borders of, Belu Regency, Indonesia, and Bobonaro municipality, Timor-Leste (including borders with other municipalities), to the source of the river, at the confluence of the Nunura and Marobo rivers. That confluence is on the border between Bobonaro and Liquiçá municipalities, a short distance upstream of the tripoint between those two municipalities and Ermera municipality, Timor-Leste.
At the river's source confluence and at the tripoint, the waters of its southwestern and southern tributaries converge with the waters from its southeastern and eastern tributaries. The river then flows, generally in a northwesterly direction, along the border between Bobonaro and Liquiçá, until it discharges into Ombai Strait, at the western end of the border between Suco Rairobo, Atabae administrative post, Bobonaro, and Suco Vatuboro, Maubara administrative post, Liquiçá.
The river is one of the few perennial streams in the north of Timor-Leste, one of only three such northern watercourses that can potentially be inhabited by saltwater crocodiles all year round (the others being the North Laclo and the Seiçal). Its main channel, formed by the Marobo and Nunura Rivers, is braided, varies in width from about 200 m (660 ft) up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft), and is wider in its lower reaches.
At the mouth of the river, Ombai Strait is part of the Banda Sea, which extends a little further west, to longitude 125° East; beyond that meridian, the strait is part of the Savu Sea. A short distance upstream of the river mouth is the Loes Bridge, which was opened in 1991 and is the main bridge connecting West Timor, Indonesia, and Bobonaro with Dili, the national capital of Timor-Leste.
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