Essequibo River

The Essequibo River is the largest river in , and the largest river between the and Amazon. Rising in the near the Brazil–Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,014 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: major river in northern South America
  • Also known as: Essequebo River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zeelandia and Supenaam.

Hamlet
is a village on , in the region of . The village is named after the sugar plantation .

Town
is a port village located in the region of . is home to the ferry across the Essequibo River to . The ferry is the main link between the western half of Guyana and the eastern half. is situated 7 km southwest of Essequibo River.

Hamlet
is a village located in the Region of , on the Atlantic coast, at sea level, one mile south of . Region 5 and 6 both also have villages called 'Adventure' in the 2012 census. is situated 9 km north of Essequibo River.

Essequibo River

Latitude
7.01242° or 7° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
-58.46687° or 58° 28′ 1″ west
Open location code
68V32G6M+X7
Geo­Names ID
3378740
Wiki­data ID
Q589911
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Satellite Map

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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
  • 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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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Essequibo River”. Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.