Courantyne River
The Courantyne River, also known as Corentyne and Corantijn, is a river in northern South America in Suriname and Guyana. It is the longest river in the country and creates the border between Suriname and the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dirkblij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South America
- Also known as: “Coeroeni Rivier”, “Corantijn River”, “Corantijn Rivier”, “Corantijne River”, “Corantin River”, “Corentijn”, “Corentyn River”, “Corentyne River”, “Courentyne River”, “De River Corentin”, “Koeroeni Rivier”, and “River Corentin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corriverton.
Corriverton
Town
Corriverton is the easternmost town in Guyana. It lies at the mouth of the Corentyne River, opposite Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname, to which it is linked by ferry from South Drain. Corriverton is situated 9 km southwest of Courantyne River.
Courantyne River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Suriname, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Courantyne River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Courantyne River” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Courantyne”
- Albanian: “Lumi Courantyne”
- Asturian: “Ríu Courantyne”
- Belarusian: “Карантэйн”
- Belarusian: “Рака Карантэйн”
- Breton: “Corantijn”
- Bulgarian: “Корантейн”
- Cebuano: “Courantyne River”
- Chinese: “科兰太因河”
- Croatian: “Courantyne”
- Czech: “Courantyne”
- Dutch: “Corantijn”
- Dutch: “Corantijnrivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كورانتين”
- Esperanto: “Korantino”
- French: “Corantijn”
- French: “Corentyne”
- Georgian: “კორანტეინი”
- German: “Corantijn”
- Hebrew: “נהר קורנטיין”
- Hindi: “कुरन्टाइन नदी”
- Irish: “Abhainn Courantyne”
- Italian: “Corentyne”
- Japanese: “コーランタイン川”
- Lithuanian: “Koranteinas”
- Northern Frisian: “Corantijn”
- Polish: “Corantijn”
- Polish: “Courantyne”
- Portuguese: “Rio Corentine”
- Portuguese: “Rio Corentyne”
- Russian: “Корантейн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Corantijn”
- Slovak: “Courantyne”
- Spanish: “Río Corantijn”
- Spanish: “Río Corentín”
- Spanish: “Río Courantyne”
- Swedish: “Courantyne River”
- Swedish: “Courantyne”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโกรันไตน์”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโครันไทน์”
- Ukrainian: “Корантейн”
- Venetian: “Fiume Courantyne”
- Welsh: “Afon Courantyne”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Number Sixty-seven and Scottsburg.
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 “Courantyne River”. Photo: Dirkblij, CC BY-SA 3.0.