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Kiunga-Tabubil Highway

Kiunga-Tabubil Highway is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kiunga-Tabubil Highway rather than just read about it. In short: The Kiunga-Tabubil Highway is an all-weather gravel road that runs from the river port town of Kiunga through Ningerum and Tabubil to the Ok Tedi Mine site, in the remote North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The road is around 137 kilometres (85 mi) long, but this changes as sections are reconfigured.

Key takeaways

Kiunga-Tabubil Highway belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kiunga-Tabubil Highway to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kiunga-Tabubil Highway from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Kiunga-Tabubil Highway is an all-weather gravel road that runs from the river port town of Kiunga through Ningerum and Tabubil to the Ok Tedi Mine site, in the remote North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The road is around 137 kilometres (85 mi) long, but this changes as sections are reconfigured. Currently the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway is being sealed and as of 17 December 2024 the road is sealed from Kiunga Town to KM 25. The road was built in the early 1980s. It is maintained by Ok Tedi Mining Limited, who are the greatest beneficiaries of the road. The road, for the most part, runs parallel with the Ok Tedi River, which is an incredibly fast-moving and volatile river since it is a high-volume waterway resting on a sand bank. Parts of the road are often consumed by the river and need to be rebuilt. The cost of maintaining this road is K1.5 million a year, in a region where people have an average annual income of about K50 a year. In 2019 it was announced that the road would be sealed over three years by OTML under the government tax credit scheme at an estimated cost of K100 million. There is a copper slurry pipeline running along the full length of the road from the mine site north of Tabubil down to Bige. A road connecting Tabubil to Telefomin was opened on 12 September 2025.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kiunga-Tabubil Highway

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kiunga-Tabubil Highway claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kiunga-Tabubil Highway before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kiunga-Tabubil Highway ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kiunga-Tabubil Highway

In research: Kiunga-Tabubil Highway appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kiunga-Tabubil Highway in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kiunga-Tabubil Highway is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Gravel roads, Road transport in Papua New Guinea, Roads in Papua New Guinea, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kiunga-Tabubil Highway outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kiunga-Tabubil Highway in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kiunga-Tabubil Highway means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Kiunga-Tabubil Highway in simple terms?

Why does Kiunga-Tabubil Highway matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kiunga-Tabubil Highway?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kiunga-Tabubil Highway.