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fiogf49gjkf0d LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, PAPUA NEW GUINEA IS
COMPOSED OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA
AS WELL AS OTHER TROPICAL ISLAND CHAINS SUCH AS THE
BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AND THE BOUGAINVILLE. THE TERRITORY
ON NEW GUINEA MAKES UP 85 PERCENT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S
TOTAL LAND, 462,840 SQ KM. THE TERRAIN INCLUDES SWAMPY
LOWLAND PLAINS ON THE COASTS TO HIGH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
THE HIGHEST POINT IS MT. WILHELM WITH A HEIGHT OF 4,509M.
THE ISLAND'S TWO PRINCIPAL RIVERS ARE THE SEPIK THAT DRAINS
INTO THE BISMARCK SEA & THE FLY, FLOWING IN THE CORAL SEA.
THE LARGER OUTLYING ISLANDS: BOUGAINVILLE, NEW IRELAND
AND NEW BRITAIN ARE OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN AND ARE HIGH
ISLANDS SURROUNDED BY LOW-LYING CORAL REEFS
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