Saramacca River
Saramacca River is a river in Suriname. The 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 the Coppename River.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Suriname
- Also known as: “De Saramacca”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boskamp.
Boskamp
Village
Boskamp is a town on the East-West Link in Suriname, in the central north of the country, in the Calcutta resort of the Saramacca District. It lies opposite to Jenny, to which it is connected via the Coppename bridge. Boskamp is situated 7 km south of Saramacca River.
Saramacca River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Suriname, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Saramacca River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Saramacca River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Saramacca”
- Catalan: “Saramaccarivier”
- Cebuano: “Saramacca Rivier”
- Chinese: “萨拉马卡河”
- Chinese: “薩拉馬卡河”
- Croatian: “Saramacca (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Saramacca”
- Dutch: “Saramacca”
- Dutch: “Saramaccarivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سارامكا”
- French: “Saramacca”
- German: “Saramacca”
- Japanese: “サラマッカ川”
- Lithuanian: “Saramaka”
- Northern Frisian: “Saramacca”
- Russian: “Сарамакка (река)”
- Russian: “Сарамакка”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Saramacca (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Saramacca”
- Spanish: “Rio Saramacca”
- Spanish: “Río Saramacca”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำซารามักกา”
- Welsh: “Afon Saramacca”
- Yue Chinese: “薩拉馬卡河”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Caledonia and Hildesheim.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saramacca Punt and Coppename Punt.
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