River · Fiji
Rewa River
Rewa River is the longest river of Fiji. It rises in the green mountains inside the island of Viti Levu and reaches the sea through a wide delta at Laucala Bay near Suva.
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Where is the Rewa River?
The river starts here: mountains in the interior of Viti Levu, Fiji.
It ends in the Laucala Bay near Suva.
Countries on the river: Fiji.
The story behind it
The Rewa is short compared with the rivers of the big continents, but on an island it is a giant. Rain falls almost every week in the mountains, so the river is always full and brown with soil. Villages stand right on the banks, and children learn early how to handle a bamboo raft called a bilibili. In the flat lower part, farmers grow taro, cassava, rice and sugar cane in the rich mud. When a cyclone crosses Fiji the calm water turns dangerous within hours, floods the fields and reaches into houses, so families keep bags packed. Different sources give slightly different lengths, because the river splits into several arms in its delta and nobody agrees where exactly it ends. Mangroves there protect the coast and shelter crabs and young fish.
Questions children ask
How long is the Rewa River?
The Rewa is given as about 172 km long. Sources vary a little, because the river breaks up into several arms in its delta.
Which country does the Rewa River flow through?
The Rewa flows only through Fiji, on the main island of Viti Levu. Many of the country's farms and villages lie along its valley.
Where does the Rewa River flow into?
It flows into Laucala Bay in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the capital Suva. Its delta is full of mangroves, mudflats and narrow side channels.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page was checked against public reference sources before publication. Where sources genuinely disagree, the text says so.
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