Demerara River

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Demerara River
The Demerara Harbor Bridge, which spans the Demerara River

The Demerara Harbor Bridge, which spans the Demerara River

Data
location Guyana
River system Demerara River
muzzle at Georgetown in the Atlantic Coordinates: 6 ° 48 ′ 41 ″  N , 58 ° 10 ′ 20 ″  W 6 ° 48 ′ 41 ″  N , 58 ° 10 ′ 20 ″  W

length 345 km

The Demerara River is a 345 km long river in Guyana , which flows into the Atlantic near Georgetown and has its source in the tropical rainforest. The dark brown color of the river is mainly the result of the large amounts of bauxite from the upper reaches, which the river carries into the ocean and which remains visible many kilometers after it flows into the Atlantic.

The river is one of the country's most important arteries and enables bauxite processing products to be transported from the industrial center around Linden (105 km from the estuary) to world markets. In its upper reaches from Malili (245 km from the mouth), the river is no longer navigable due to rapids.

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  • Hans Tanner: South America, Volume 2, Atlantic States, Georg Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1980, ISBN 3-14-509092-5 , p. 219.