The Emma Range ( nl, Emmaketen) is a mountain range in the
Sipaliwini District
Sipaliwini is the largest district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini is the only district that does not have a regional capital, as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo.
History
Sipaliwini was created i ...
of
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
. It is named after
Emma of the Netherlands
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia; 2 August 1858 – 20 March 1934) was Queen of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of King-Grand Duke William III. An immensely popular member of the Dutch Ro ...
. Mountains on this range include the
Hendriktop
Hendriktop is a mountain in Suriname at . It is part of the Emma Range and is located in the Sipaliwini District. The mountain is named after Hendrik of the Netherlands. The mountain was first climbed by A. van Stockum in 1902.
References
Exter ...
and
Kleine Hendriktop Kleine is a German and Dutch surname meaning "small". Notable people with the surname include:
* Andrea Kleine (born 1970), American writer, choreographer, and performance artist
* Christian Kleine (born 1974), German musician and DJ
* Cindy Klei ...
. The range is located between the
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
of the
Saramacca and the
Coppename River
The Coppename is a river in Suriname (South America) in the district of Sipaliwini, forming part of the boundary between the districts of Coronie and Saramacca.
Course
The Coppename river begins in the Wilhelmina Mountains. Its tributaries are ...
. The range is about 30 km long, and has no significant human population.
The range is covered with a high dry land forest and mist forests at high altitudes. The vegetation is rich in
fern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...
s.
References
Mountain ranges of Suriname
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