Saramacca River is a river in

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. The Arawaks named this river "Surama", and today's name "Saramacca" is probably derived from it. It originates in the

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and flows northwards and enters the

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together with the Coppename River. It has a river basin of 9.400 km² and length of 255 km. The Saramacca River is used for

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. Scientific exploration of the river began in the 1770s.

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* Rivers of Suriname {{Suriname-river-stub