Sahen River | |
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![]() Tall Casuarina forest along the river in
Manufahi in 2005 | |
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Location | |
Country | East Timor |
Municipalities | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | |
• location | Tripoint of Sucos Manelima and Orlalan , Laclubar, and Suco Manlala , Soibada |
• coordinates | 8°49′54″S 125°57′22″E / 8.83167°S 125.95611°E |
Mouth | Timor Sea |
• location | Welaluhu , Manufahi |
• coordinates | 9°03′35″S 126°03′44″E / 9.0597°S 126.0622°E |
Basin size | ~ 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
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The Sahen River ( Portuguese: Rio Sáhen, Tetum: Mota Sahen) is a river in East Timor. It originates in central Manatuto municipality, flows in a mostly southerly direction, and then discharges into the Timor Sea at the southern tip of the border between Manatuto and Manufahi municipalities.
The river rises in the portion of East Timor's central mountains situated in central Manatuto municipality. [1] Its headwaters, located to just to the south of the town of Laclubar, are shared with two of its main tributaries, the Buarahum/Buarahuin and the Bun/Buti Rivers. [1] [2] [3]
Further south, at the tripoint of Sucos Manelima and Orlalan , Laclubar administrative post, and Suco Manlala , Soibada administrative post, both in Manatuto, those two tributaries converge with each other to become the source confluence of the river itself. [1] [2] [3]
From the source confluence, the river flows south-southwest to the border between Manatuto and Manufahi municipalities, and then runs along that border, mostly in a south-southeasterly direction, until it empties into the Timor Sea at the shore of the Quirás plain, near Welaluhu , Manufahi. [1] [4] [5] [6]
The river is spanned by two road bridges. One of them, east of the village of Soibada, provides access to the village from national road A09, which links Manatuto with Uma Boco in Barique administrative post; [7] [8] the other one carries national road A14 across the river just to the west of Uma Boco. [9] As of 2022 [update], the former bridge and the road leading to it were both damaged and in need of repairs. [8]
The main tributaries of the river, in order of entrance, are as follows:
The catchment or drainage basin of the river is one of East Timor's 10 major catchments, [12] and is approximately 294 km2 (114 sq mi) in area. [13]: 2, 52
East Timor has been broadly divided into twelve ' hydrologic units', groupings of climatologically and physiographically similar and adjacent river catchments. [13]: 2, 52 [14] The Sahen River catchment is one of the four major catchments in the Tukan & Sahen hydrologic unit, which is about 1,379.8 km2 (532.7 sq mi) in total area; the others are the catchments of the Tuco (Wetuai), Luca and Dilor Rivers. [13]: 9, 52, 58
The catchment has been assessed as having potential for the construction of a large scale multi-purpose dam to harvest raw water and generate hydroelectricity by hydropower. [15]
Media related to
Sahen River at Wikimedia Commons
Sahen River | |
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![]() Tall Casuarina forest along the river in
Manufahi in 2005 | |
Native name |
|
Location | |
Country | East Timor |
Municipalities | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | |
• location | Tripoint of Sucos Manelima and Orlalan , Laclubar, and Suco Manlala , Soibada |
• coordinates | 8°49′54″S 125°57′22″E / 8.83167°S 125.95611°E |
Mouth | Timor Sea |
• location | Welaluhu , Manufahi |
• coordinates | 9°03′35″S 126°03′44″E / 9.0597°S 126.0622°E |
Basin size | ~ 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left |
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• right |
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The Sahen River ( Portuguese: Rio Sáhen, Tetum: Mota Sahen) is a river in East Timor. It originates in central Manatuto municipality, flows in a mostly southerly direction, and then discharges into the Timor Sea at the southern tip of the border between Manatuto and Manufahi municipalities.
The river rises in the portion of East Timor's central mountains situated in central Manatuto municipality. [1] Its headwaters, located to just to the south of the town of Laclubar, are shared with two of its main tributaries, the Buarahum/Buarahuin and the Bun/Buti Rivers. [1] [2] [3]
Further south, at the tripoint of Sucos Manelima and Orlalan , Laclubar administrative post, and Suco Manlala , Soibada administrative post, both in Manatuto, those two tributaries converge with each other to become the source confluence of the river itself. [1] [2] [3]
From the source confluence, the river flows south-southwest to the border between Manatuto and Manufahi municipalities, and then runs along that border, mostly in a south-southeasterly direction, until it empties into the Timor Sea at the shore of the Quirás plain, near Welaluhu , Manufahi. [1] [4] [5] [6]
The river is spanned by two road bridges. One of them, east of the village of Soibada, provides access to the village from national road A09, which links Manatuto with Uma Boco in Barique administrative post; [7] [8] the other one carries national road A14 across the river just to the west of Uma Boco. [9] As of 2022 [update], the former bridge and the road leading to it were both damaged and in need of repairs. [8]
The main tributaries of the river, in order of entrance, are as follows:
The catchment or drainage basin of the river is one of East Timor's 10 major catchments, [12] and is approximately 294 km2 (114 sq mi) in area. [13]: 2, 52
East Timor has been broadly divided into twelve ' hydrologic units', groupings of climatologically and physiographically similar and adjacent river catchments. [13]: 2, 52 [14] The Sahen River catchment is one of the four major catchments in the Tukan & Sahen hydrologic unit, which is about 1,379.8 km2 (532.7 sq mi) in total area; the others are the catchments of the Tuco (Wetuai), Luca and Dilor Rivers. [13]: 9, 52, 58
The catchment has been assessed as having potential for the construction of a large scale multi-purpose dam to harvest raw water and generate hydroelectricity by hydropower. [15]
Media related to
Sahen River at Wikimedia Commons