The Chambri Lakes are a series of swamps and shallow water canals in the
East Sepik Province
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 450,530 people (2011 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. Its density is 10.4 people per square kilometer.
History
Cherubim D ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
that are seasonally filled by the flooding of the
Sepik
The Sepik () is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the third largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly River, Fly and Mamberamo River, Mamberamo. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provi ...
river in vast area of . During the northwest
monsoon season, from September to March, occurs overflow of two of the Sepik's tributaries and vast Chambri Lake is created. The Chambri Lakes form in the middle Sepik, between the village of
Pagwi and the junction of the
crosmari Karawari Rivers with the Sepik. The
inhabitants of the Chambri Lakes are renowned for their artistry.
The
Chambri language
The Chambri language is spoken by the Chambri people of the Chambri Lakes region in the Sepik basin of northern Papua New Guinea. Spellings in the older anthropological literature include ''Tchambuli, Tshamberi''. Being completely surrounded by ...
is spoken in the Chambri island.
References
Lakes of Papua New Guinea
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