Kabalebo River is a river in
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
. It joins with the
Courantyne River
The Courantyne River ( ), also known as Corentyne and Corantijn (), is a river in northern South America in Suriname and Guyana. It is the longest List of rivers of Suriname, river in the country and creates the border between Suriname and the Eas ...
near
Apoera
Apoera, also Apura, is a town in western Suriname. The village has a population of 777 people as of 2020. It owns the community of Tropica. It is the final destination of the Southern East-West Link. north-west on the other side of the Courantyn ...
. A plan for a dam in the river serving a
hydroelectric power plant
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
is part of the
West Suriname Plan
The West Suriname Plan () was an economic development plan for the western part of Suriname. As originally conceived, it consists among others of the mining of bauxite in the Bakhuis Mountains, the building of a hydroelectric power plant on the Ka ...
of the 1960s.
As of 2020, no construction had taken place.
Petrogylphs had been discovered on a rock by Ten Kate in 1886.
See also
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List of rivers of Suriname
This is a list of rivers in Suriname, located in the Guiana Shield of northern South America.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*Maro ...
Notes
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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Rivers of Suriname
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