This is a list of rivers in
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...
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By drainage basin
This list is arranged by
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, ...
, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
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Oyapock
The Oyapock or Oiapoque (; ; ) is a long river in South America that forms most of the border between the French overseas department of French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá.
Course
The Oyapock runs through the Guianan moist fores ...
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Camopi
Camopi is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Camopi is mainly inhabited by Amerindians of the Wayampi and Teko tribes.
History
In 1738, a Jesuit mission opened on the river ...
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Yaloupi
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Approuague
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Arataï
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Mahury (Oyak, Comté)
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Orapu
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Rivière de Cayenne (Rivière des Cascades)
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Tonnegrande
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Montsinéry
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Kourou
Kourou () is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre, the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA). It i ...
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Sinnamary
Sinnamary is a town and commune on the coast of French Guiana, between Kourou and Iracoubo. Sinnamary was the second France, French settlement founded in French Guiana: the town was founded in 1664.
Sinnamary lies on the Sinnamary River and is ...
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Koursibo
The Koursibo is a 135 km long river in French Guiana. It rises in the centre of the country, flowing north until it reaches the river Sinnamary. Its eventual outflow is into the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest o ...
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Counamama
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Iracoubo
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Mana
According to Melanesian and Polynesian mythology, ''mana'' is a supernatural force that permeates the universe. Anyone or anything can have ''mana''. They believed it to be a cultivation or possession of energy and power, rather than being ...
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Kokioko
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Arouani
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Maroni
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Lawa
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Grand Abounami
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Inini
Inini was an inland territory of French Guiana, administered separately between 6 June 1930 and 19 March 1946, after which all of French Guiana became a department of France. The territory remained governed as a special entity, until 17 March 1 ...
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Tampok
The Tampok is a right tributary of the river Lawa (the upper course of the Maroni) in western French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region an ...
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Waki (Ouaqui)
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Litani
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Malani (Marouini)
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Wanapi
See also
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List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
This list of rivers of the Americas by coastline includes the major coastal rivers of the Americas arranged by country. A link to a map of rivers with known coordinates is listed at right. The ocean coasts are demarcated as follows:
*Arctic O ...
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
GEOnet Names ServerGéoPortail
(in French)
External links
* - Topographic map of French Guinana.
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Rivers of French Guiana
This is a list of rivers in French Guiana.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*Oyapock
**Camopi
** Yaloupi
* Approuague
** Arataï
* Mahu ...