Saramacca River
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Saramacca River is a river in Suriname (estuary located at around ).
It originates in the Wilhelmina Mountains and flows northwards and enters the Atlantic Ocean together with Coppename River.
It has a river basin of 9.400 km² and length of 255 km. Saramacca River is used for water transport.
Scientific exploration of the river began in the 1770s.
Arawaks named this river "Surama", today's name "Saramacca" is probably derived from it.
[edit] References
- Bruijning, Conrad Friederich Albert, Jan Voorhoeve (Amsterdam, 1977). Encyclopedie van Suriname. Elsevier. ISBN 90-10-01842-3.
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