River
Navua River
65 km from source to mouth · Fiji.
FijiFlows into Fiji Sea3rd longest in Fiji
In numbers
Length
65km
Average flow
45m³/s
Basin
1,020km²
Drop
187m
from 187 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
65 km of river and 3 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 187 m
- 36 kmWainikavou Fall
- 38 kmWainuta Falls
- 61 kmNavua5,812 people
- 65 kmFiji Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Fiji
At the mouth it carries 45 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 56 seconds. It drops from 187 m to 0 m, 2.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,020 km², about the size of HK. 10,000 people live in it. Highest water: from March to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- NavuaLargest city on its banks · 5,812 people
- Nausori International Airport (SUV)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 46 km from the cityCar hire at NAN airport (Nadi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Navua River, month by month
Highest water: from March to April
Best months to visit: from June to September.
From about 26 m³/s in the lowest month to 77 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Navua River: the basin in numbers
1,020 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 10,000people live in the basin
- 10/km²people per km²
- 348maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,843mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 23.1°Caverage air temperature
What covers the basin
- 56% Forest
- 16% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Navua River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
8beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
13mountains at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (2)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Wainikavou Fallkm 35
- Wainuta Fallskm 36
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Beaches (8)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Palm Beach8.1 km away28.7°C
- Vaga Bay18 km away · cove28.7°C
- Sese Bay19 km away · cove28.7°C
- Dakuni Bay18 km away · cove28.7°C
- Dakuibeqa Bay19 km away · cove28.7°C
- Naceva Bay20 km away · cove28.7°C
- Malumu Bay15 km away · cove28.7°C
- Kulu Bay20 km away · cove28.7°C
Mountains at the source (13)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mount Tuvutau7.4 km away
- Navakatangi11 km away
- Nakasaleka13 km away
- Koroienggo13 km away
- Korokayiu12 km away
- Kororara12 km away
- Kumbunatamba15 km away
- Lokalevu6.1 km away
5 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Beqa17 km away36km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Navua River in pictures
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2078399) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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