Waria River

Waria River
Surveyor Gustav Sabine at the Waria River
Native name	Baridza (Zia)
Location
Country	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province and Madang Province
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Papua New Guinea
Mouth
• location	Markham River

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.