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.

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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.

British Guiana mainRiver Berbice River
Demerara hasBorder Berbice River
Berbice namedAfter Berbice River
Berbice traversedBy Berbice River
Berbice River drainageBasin Berbice River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Berbice River basin