Marowijne River

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The Marowijne River is a major river in northeastern South America that forms much of the border between Suriname and French Guiana and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marowijne River canonical 18
Marowijne River mouth 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maroni River ⓘ
alternativeName Maroni ⓘ
alternativeNameUsedIn French Guiana ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
borderDisputeArea upper Marowijne / Lawa region ⓘ
borderDisputeInvolves France ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
countryBorder France ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
crossesBiome tropical rainforest ⓘ
dischargeLocation Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
ecoregion Guianan moist forests ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northward ⓘ
flowsThrough Suriname–French Guiana border region ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Suriname and French Guiana ⓘ
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary ⓘ
hasIslandAtMouth Braamspunt area (sand spit region) ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBank Albina, Suriname ⓘ
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana ⓘ
languageRegionAlongBanks French ⓘ
Sranan Tongo ⓘ
indigenous Cariban and Arawakan languages ⓘ
length approximately 680 km ⓘ
locatedIn French Guiana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
northeastern South America ⓘ
majorTributary Lawa River ⓘ
Oelemari River ⓘ
Pamaka River ⓘ
Tapanahony River ⓘ
mouth Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthLocation near Galibi, Suriname ⓘ
nameUsedIn Dutch language ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Galibi Nature Reserve ⓘ
partOf Guiana Shield drainage system ⓘ
sourceRegion Brazil–Suriname border area ⓘ
Tumuk Humak Mountains ⓘ
southern Suriname ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
river transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marowijne District → bordersAlong → Marowijne River ⓘ
Marowijne District → namedAfter → Marowijne River ⓘ
Marowijne District → locatedOnRiver → Marowijne River ⓘ
Ndyuka people → mainRiverRegion → Marowijne River ⓘ
Maroni River → alsoKnownAs → Marowijne River ⓘ
Paramaka → traditionalTerritoryAlong → Marowijne River ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Suriname → drainedBy → Marowijne River ⓘ
Suriname interior → hasMajorRiver → Marowijne River ⓘ
Albina → locatedOnRiver → Marowijne River ⓘ
Albina → locatedOnBankOf → Marowijne River ⓘ
Albina → borderRiver → Marowijne River ⓘ
Wanhatti → locatedNear → Marowijne River ⓘ
Marowijne River region → hasPart → Marowijne River ⓘ
Galibi → locatedNear → Marowijne River mouth ⓘ
linked to: Marowijne River
Galibi → nearbyBodyOfWater → Marowijne River ⓘ
Galibi Nature Reserve → near → Marowijne River mouth ⓘ
linked to: Marowijne River
Pamaka people → locatedAlong → Marowijne River ⓘ
Maroni → alsoKnownAs → Marowijne River ⓘ
Tapanahony River → mouthOf → Marowijne River ⓘ
Tapanahony River → flowsInto → Marowijne River ⓘ