Laleia River

The Laleia River (Ribeira de Laleia or Rio de Laleia, Mota Laleia) is a major river in northeastern East Timor.

The river flows primarily in a northerly direction from headwaters in Timor's central mountains; after running through the eponymous Laleia Administrative Post, it discharges into Wetar Strait.

Catchment
The river's catchment or drainage basin is approximately 533 km2 in area. East Timor has been broadly divided into twelve 'hydrologic units', groupings of climatologically and physiographically similar and adjacent river catchments. The Laleia River catchment is one of the two major catchments in the Laleia hydrologic unit, which is about 1009.9 km2 in total area; the other is the Vemasse River catchment.