Berbice River
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The Berbice River is a major river in eastern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic Ocean, historically important for inland transport and colonial-era settlements.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berbice River canonical | 4 |
| Berbice River basin | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
British Guiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Guyana
|
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
British Guiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Guyana
|
| countrySubdivision |
East Berbice-Corentyne
ⓘ
Upper Demerara-Berbice ⓘ |
| dischargesNear | New Amsterdam, Guyana ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Berbice River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Berbice River basin
|
| emptiesInto | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | northward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Berbice
ⓘ
surface form:
Berbice region
Upper Demerara-Berbice ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Demerara-Berbice region
|
| flowsThroughEcoregion | Guianan moist forests ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
forestry
ⓘ
mining ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEstuaryNear | New Amsterdam, Guyana ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
brown-water river
ⓘ
tropical rainforest watershed ⓘ |
| hasNavigation | partially navigable ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
associated with Dutch colonial Berbice colony
ⓘ
important inland transport route in Guyana ⓘ site of colonial-era settlements ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Guyana ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| namedAfter | historic colony of Berbice ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | New Amsterdam ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Ituni
ⓘ
Kwakwani ⓘ |
| partOf | drainage system of Guyana ⓘ |
| regionHydrologicalCode | part of Guianas coastal drainage ⓘ |
| regionNamedAfter | Berbice ⓘ |
| tributary |
Canje River
ⓘ
Ituni River ⓘ Kimbia River ⓘ Wiruni River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
logging transport
ⓘ
mining transport ⓘ river transport ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Berbice River basin