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 Suriname and creates the border between the country and the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South America
- Also known as: “Coeroeni Rivier”, “Corantijn River”, “Corantijn Rivier”, “Corantijne River”, “Corantijnrivier”, “Corantin River”, “Corentijn”, “Corentyn River”, “Corentyne River”, “Courentyne River”, “De River Corentin”, “Koeroeni Rivier”, “Río Corantijn”, “Río Courantyne”, “River Corentin”, and “แม่น้ำโครันไทน์”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corriverton.
Corriverton
Town
Corriverton is the easternmost town in Guyana. Corriverton is situated 9 km southwest of Courantyne River.
Courantyne River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Suriname, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.95511° or 5° 57′ 18″ north
Longitude
-57.07941° or 57° 4′ 46″ west
Open location code
68Q4XW4C+26
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Courantyne River” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Courantyne”
- Albanian: “Lumi Courantyne”
- Asturian: “Ríu Courantyne”
- Belarusian: “Карантэйн”
- Breton: “Corantijn”
- Bulgarian: “Корантейн”
- Cebuano: “Courantyne River”
- Chinese: “科兰太因河”
- Croatian: “Courantyne”
- Czech: “Courantyne”
- Dutch: “Corantijn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كورانتين”
- Esperanto: “Korantino”
- 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”
- Korean: “커런타인강”
- Lithuanian: “Koranteinas”
- Northern Frisian: “Corantijn”
- Polish: “Corantijn”
- Polish: “Courantyne”
- Portuguese: “Rio Corentine”
- Portuguese: “Rio Corentyne”
- Russian: “Корантейн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Corantijn”
- Slovak: “Courantyne”
- Spanish: “Río Corentín”
- Swedish: “Courantyne River”
- Swedish: “Courantyne”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโกรันไตน์”
- Turkish: “Courantine Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Корантейн”
- Venetian: “Fiume Courantyne”
- Welsh: “Afon Courantyne”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Number Sixty-seven and Scottsburg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport and Bluf punt.
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