Irabere River

The Irabere River, sometimes spelt Irebere River (Ribeira de Irabere or Rio Irabere, Mota Irabere), is a river in East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea.

Course
The river is one of the country's few perennial rivers. It flows south into the Timor Sea, forming the border between Lautém District to the east and Viqueque District to the west. Its estuary and adjacent forested land forms part of the Irabere estuary and Iliomar forest Important Bird Area.

Catchment
The catchment or drainage basin of the river is one of East Timor's 10 major catchments, and is approximately 489 km2 in area.

East Timor has been broadly divided into twelve 'hydrologic units', groupings of climatologically and physiographically similar and adjacent river catchments. The Irabere River catchment is one of the four major catchments in the Irabere hydrologic unit, which is about 1619.6 km2 in total area; the others are the catchments of the Namaluto, Bebui and Cuha Rivers.