Siri Waterfall
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Siri Waterfall, formerly called Santa Maria Waterfall, is a Script error: No such module "convert". waterfall located about 3 km inland from the eastern coast of the island of Gaua in northern Vanuatu.
The supply of water to the waterfall is from Lake Letas. This lake is a large freshwater lake located in the crater at the centre of the volcanic island, about 600 meters above sea level. Water flows from the lake 3 km east to the top of Siri Waterfall. After the waterfall, the water flows as a large stream, called Bē Solomul River (formerly Namang), for another 3 km before it reaches the sea. The large stream is known as "Big Water".
A rough estimate of the water flow rate (during the dry season month of August 2006) was approximately 5 cubic metres per second.
Name
The name siri Script error: No such module "IPA". means ‘waterfall’ in the local Nume language. It is cognate with Vurës sēriv Script error: No such module "IPA"., Mwotlap na-syip Script error: No such module "IPA"., Mota siriv Script error: No such module "IPA"., Dorig sriv Script error: No such module "IPA"., Olrat siriv Script error: No such module "IPA"., Lakon hiriv Script error: No such module "IPA"., and Mwerlap siriw Script error: No such module "IPA".. All of these terms can be derived from Proto-Torres–Banks *siriβi ‘waterfall’.[1]
References
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