Potaro

The Potaro River is a river in that runs from area of the Pakaraima Mountains for approximately 255 km before flowing into the , Guyana's largest river. The renowned is on the Potaro.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Guyana
  • Also known as: Potaro River

Potaro

Latitude
5.3717° or 5° 22′ 18″ north
Longitude
-58.89592° or 58° 53′ 45″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
68Q394C3+MJ
Geo­Names ID
3376387
Wiki­data ID
Q496570
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Potaro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر بوتارو
  • Asturian: Ríu Potaro
  • Bulgarian: Потаро
  • Catalan: riu Potaro
  • Catalan: Riu Potaro
  • Cebuano: Potaro River
  • Chinese: 波塔罗河
  • Chinese: 波塔羅河
  • Croatian: Potaro
  • Czech: Potaro
  • Dutch: Potaro River
  • Dutch: Potaro
  • French: Potaro
  • German: Potaro
  • Irish: Abhainn Potaro
  • Italian: Potaro
  • Japanese: ポタロ川
  • Lithuanian: Potaras
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Potaro
  • Norwegian: Potaro
  • Portuguese: Rio Potaro
  • Russian: Потаро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Potaro (rijeka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Potaro
  • Spanish: Rio Potaro
  • Spanish: Río Potaro
  • Swedish: Potaro River
  • Ukrainian: Потаро
  • Venetian: Fiume Potaro
  • Welsh: Afon Potaro

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