Saramacca River
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/30294
- Note
- "Saramacca River is a river in Suriname (estuary located at around 5°51′00″N 55°53′00″W / 5.85°N 55.883333°W / 5.85; -55.883333). Arawaks named this river "Surama", and today´s name "Saramacca" is probably derived from it. 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.02.2020)
- Latitude
- 5.8499999046326
- Longitude
- -55.883335113525
- Time zone
- America/Paramaribo
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