Sinnamary (river)
| Sinnamary | ||
 The place Sinnamary, on the right the river of the same name |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : 90-0200 | |
| location | France , French Guiana region | |
| River system | Sinnamary | |
| source | in the municipality of Saint-Élie 3 ° 54 ′ 41 ″ N , 53 ° 9 ′ 19 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 250 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Sinnamary in the Atlantic Ocean Coordinates: 5 ° 27 ′ 27 " N , 53 ° 0 ′ 37" W 5 ° 27 ′ 27 " N , 53 ° 0 ′ 37" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 250 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.86 ‰ | |
| length | 290 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Petit-Saut dam | |
The Sinnamary is a river in France that runs in the overseas department of French Guiana in the French Guiana region of the same name . It rises in the heart of the Guyana National Park (French: Parc amazonien de Guyane ), in the municipality of Saint-Élie , drains generally in a northerly direction, flows through the approximately 350 km² reservoir of the Petit-Saut Dam (French: Retenue du Barrage de Petit Saut ) and after 290 kilometers it flows into the Atlantic Ocean at the Pointe des Palétuviers , in the municipality of Sinnamary , in the Anse Canceler bay . Below the village of Sinnamary , the river is already exposed to the tides and forms an estuary about 10 kilometers long .
Places on the river
Tributaries
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the Sinnamary at SANDRE (French), accessed on December 26, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.