Sepik River in the context of "Ethnological Museum of Berlin"

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⭐ Core Definition: Sepik River

The Sepik (/ˈsiːpɪk/) is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the third largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly and Mamberamo. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) and East Sepik, with a small section flowing through the Indonesian province of Papua.

The Sepik has a large catchment area, and landforms that include swamplands, tropical rainforests and mountains. Biologically, the river system is often said to be possibly the largest uncontaminated freshwater wetland system in the Asia-Pacific region. But, in fact, numerous fish and plant species have been introduced into the Sepik since the mid-20th century.

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👉 Sepik River in the context of Ethnological Museum of Berlin

The Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (English: Ethnological Museum of Berlin) is an ethnological museum, part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (English: State Museums of the Prussian Heritage Foundation), the de facto national collection of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its exhibitions are located in the Humboldt Forum in Mitte, along with the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (English: Museum of Asian Arts).

The museum holds more than 500,000 objects and is one of the world's largest important collections of works of art and culture from outside Europe. Its highlights include objects from the Sepik River, Hawaii, the Kingdom of Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Tanzania, China, the Pacific Coast of North America, Mesoamerica, the Andes, as well as one of the first ethnomusicology collections of sound recordings (the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv).

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Sepik River in the context of Fly River

The Fly River is the third longest river on the island of New Guinea, after the Sepik and Mamberamo, with a total length of 1,060 km (660 mi). It is the largest by volume of discharge in Oceania, the largest in the world without a single dam in its catchment, and overall the 23rd-largest primary river in the world by discharge volume. It is located in the southwest of Papua New Guinea and in the South Papua province of Indonesia. It rises in the Victor Emanuel Range arm of the Star Mountains, and crosses the south-western lowlands before flowing into the Gulf of Papua in a large delta. The Fly–Strickland River system has a total length of 1,224 km (761 mi), making it the longest river system of an island in the world. The 824 km (512 mi) Strickland is the longest and largest tributary of Fly River, making it the farthest distance source of the Fly River.

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← Ethnological Museum of Berlin ← Fly River
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River → New Guinea → Oceania → Fly River → Mamberamo River → Papua New Guinea → Sandaun → East Sepik → Indonesia → Papua (Indonesian province) → Tropical rainforest → Asia-Pacific →