Kutari River, also called ''Cutari Rivier'', ''Kutari Creek'' or ''Cutari Creek'', is a small river at the South East of the

Tigri Area The Tigri Area ( nl, Tigri-gebied) is a wooded area that has been disputed by Guyana and Suriname since around 1840. It involves the area between the Upper Corentyne River (also called the New River), the Coeroeni River, and the Kutari River ...

in the extreme South 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 ...

. The river has its source in the

Acarai Mountains The Acarai Mountains (also, Akarai Mountains) ( pt, Serra do Acaraí; french: Montes Acaraí) are a wet, forested highland region of low mountains located in the southern part of Guyana. This range lies along the common border between Guyana and B ...

that border

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

.Ewan W. Anderson, International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas
Guyana
page 37, , 2003 Together with the

Sipaliwini River Sipaliwini River is a river of Suriname, the main source of the Courantyne River. It gives its name to the village of Sipaliwini Savanna and to the Sipaliwini District. It flows through the village of Kwamalasamutu. The name translates to thornba ...

the Kutari flows out in the

Coeroeni River The Coeroeni River is a river in South America. It arises in the Tumuc-Humac Mountains, which forms the drainage divide between Pará, Brazil, and Suriname; from there it flows northward. The river is fed by the Aramatau, Kutari and Sipaliwini R ...

, where the village of

Kwamalasamutu Kwamalasamutu, also Kwamalasamoetoe, is a Tiriyó Amerindian village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname, and home to the granman (paramount chief) of the northern Trios. Kwamalasamutu is the biggest village of the Tiriyó tribe. History The ...

is within ten kilometers eastwards as the crow flies. To the north, the Kutari and the Coeroenie successively form the rivers on the eastern border of the Tigri Area.Kevin H. De Cuba, Department for Sustainable Development (DSD) / The Organization of American States (OAS), Towards Sustainable Energy production and use in the lands inhabited by the Trio and Wayana peoples in the Suriname-Brazil border
4.3.1 Micro hydro power in Kwamalasamutu
page 52, 2003 {{in lang, nl According to

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, this is the frontier of both countries; according to Suriname the border must be drawn at the New River, which forms the west frontier of the Tigri Area.

References

Rivers of the Tigri Area

See also

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