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- Dutch:
- Corantijn
- Also spelled (in Guyana):
- Corentyne, or (in Suriname) Coeroeni
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Courantyne River
river, South America
Also known as: Coeroeni River, Corantijn River, Corentyne River(Show More)
Courantyne River, river in northern South America, rising in the Akarai Mountains and flowing generally northward for 450 miles (700 km) to the Atlantic Ocean near Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname. It divides Suriname and Guyana. Guyana nationals have free navigation on the river but no fishing rights. Small oceangoing vessels drawing 14 feet (4.25 m) or less may ascend 45 miles (72 km) to the first rapids at Orealla. The Courantyne basin, however, remains largely undeveloped, much of it unexplored forest.
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