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Canje River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Canje River (sometimes referred to as Canje Creek), located in northeastern Guyana, is the main tributary of the Berbice River. It runs roughly parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast in East Berbice-Corentyne, region 6. The settlement of Baracara is on the Canje. It was settled by escaped slaves in the 1800s, and the river is still an important mode of transportation.

Flows through: Guyana.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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