Essequibo River
The Essequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil–Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,014 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.
- Stream
- …is also known as “Essequebo River”
- Description: major river in northern South America
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zeelandia and Supenaam.
Zeelandia
Hamlet
Zeelandia is a village on Wakenaam, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana.
Supenaam
Town
Supenaam is a port village located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region of Guyana. Supenaam is situated 7 km southwest of Essequibo River.
Essequibo River
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Latitude
7.01242° or 7° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
-58.46687° or 58° 28′ 1″ west
Open location code
68V32G6M+X7
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Essequibo River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Essequibo”
- Albanian: “Essequibo”
- Albanian: “Lumi Essequibo”
- Asturian: “Ríu Essequibo”
- Azerbaijani: “Essekibo çayı”
- Belarusian: “Эсекіба”
- Bengali: “এসেকুইবো নদী”
- Breton: “Essequibo”
- Bulgarian: “Есекибо”
- Catalan: “Essequibo”
- Catalan: “Riu Essequibo”
- Cebuano: “Essequibo River”
- Chinese: “埃塞奎博河”
- Chuvash: “Эссекибо”
- Croatian: “Essequibo”
- Czech: “Essequibo”
- Danish: “Essequibo”
- Dutch: “Essequibo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اسيكويبو”
- Estonian: “Essequibo”
- Finnish: “Essequibo”
- French: “Essequibo”
- Georgian: “ესეკიბო”
- German: “Essequibo”
- Hebrew: “אסקיבו”
- Hindi: “एसेक्विबो नदी”
- Icelandic: “Essequibo-fljót”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Essequibo”
- Irish: “Abhainn Essequibo”
- Italian: “Essequibo”
- Japanese: “エセキボ川”
- Kazakh: “Эссекибо”
- Korean: “에세키보강”
- Latin: “Essequebia”
- Latin: “Essequibo”
- Latvian: “Esekibo”
- Lithuanian: “Esekibas”
- Malayalam: “എസ്സെക്വിബോ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ესეკიბო”
- Northern Frisian: “Essequibo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Essequibo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Essequibo”
- Norwegian: “Essequibo”
- Ossetian: “Эссекибо”
- Polish: “Essequibo”
- Portuguese: “Rio Essequibo”
- Russian: “Эсекибо”
- Russian: “Эссекибо”
- Serbian: “Есеквибо”
- Serbian: “Есекибо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Essequibo”
- Slovak: “Essequibo”
- Slovenian: “Essequibo”
- Spanish: “Rio Esequibo”
- Spanish: “Río Esequibo”
- Swedish: “Essequibo”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเอสซิควีโบ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเอสเซกวีโบ”
- Turkish: “Essequibo Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ессекібо”
- Venetian: “Fiume Esequibo”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Essequibo”
- Welsh: “Afon Essequibo”
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