Sipaliwini River

River in Suriname

Sipaliwini River

Sipaliwini River (1907)

Map of the Sipaliwini River (1930)

Location
Country| Suriname
Physical characteristics
Source| Tumuk Humak Mountains
• location| 1°50′42″N 55°59′15″W﻿ / ﻿1.8450°N 55.9875°W﻿ / 1.8450; -55.9875
Mouth| Courantyne River

• location

| 2°20′38″N 56°52′18″W﻿ / ﻿2.3439°N 56.8718°W﻿ / 2.3439; -56.8718
Basin features
Progression| Courantyne River→Atlantic Ocean

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 thornback ray (sipari) river in the local Maroon dialect.

## See also

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* List of rivers of Suriname

## References

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* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

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