Piva River

The Piva River is a river on the south western coast of . The Piva Trail ran alongside the river and the area was the scene of fighting during the Bougainville campaign of the Second World War.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: Pava River”, “Piva”, and “Piva River, Bougainville

Piva River

Latitude
-6.24711° or 6° 14′ 50″ south
Longitude
155.06442° or 155° 3′ 52″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
6R5QQ337+5Q
Geo­Names ID
2088278
Wiki­data ID
Q7199620
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Piva River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Piva River
  • Czech: Řeka Piva (Bougainville)
  • Uzbek: Piva daryosi

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Piva River”. Photo: Jeremy Weate, CC BY 2.0.