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[[File:Kaart van Coeroeni Rivier – Suriname.svg|alt=Map of the Coeroeni River in Suriname|thumb|316x316px|Map of the Coeroeni River in Suriname]] |
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The ”’Coeroeni River”’ is a river in [[South America]]. It arises in the [[Tumuc-Humac Mountains]], which forms the [[drainage divide]] between [[Pará]], [[Brazil]], and [[Suriname]]; from there it flows northward. The river is fed by the Aramatau, [[Kutari River|Kutari]] and [[Sipaliwini River]].{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1916|title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308233004/http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-08 |access-date=2021-02-15|website=[[Digital Library for Dutch Literature]]|page=228, 331}} The Coeroeni goes on to form the border of the disputed [[Tigri Area]]{{cite web|url=https://www.krantvanuwgeboortedag.nl/echte-historische-kranten/de-telegraaf/2403550/19-08-1969/|title=De Telegraaf van dinsdag 19-08-1969|date=19 August 1969|language=nl|access-date=30 May 2020|website=Krant van uw Geboortedag}} by [[Guyana]] and [[Suriname]]. It eventually flows into the [[Courantyne River]], which forms the international boundary between Guyana–Suriname. |
The ”’Coeroeni River”’ is a river in [[South America]]. It arises in the [[Tumuc-Humac Mountains]], which forms the [[drainage divide]] between [[Pará]], [[Brazil]], and [[Suriname]]; from there it flows northward. The river is fed by the Aramatau, [[Kutari River|Kutari]] and [[Sipaliwini River]].{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1916|title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308233004/http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-08 |access-date=2021-02-15|website=[[Digital Library for Dutch Literature]]|page=228, 331}} The Coeroeni goes on to form the border of the disputed [[Tigri Area]]{{cite web|url=https://www.krantvanuwgeboortedag.nl/echte-historische-kranten/de-telegraaf/2403550/19-08-1969/|title=De Telegraaf van dinsdag 19-08-1969|date=19 August 1969|language=nl|access-date=30 May 2020|website=Krant van uw Geboortedag}} by [[Guyana]] and [[Suriname]]. It eventually flows into the [[Courantyne River]], which forms the international boundary between Guyana–Suriname. |
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[[File:Suriname border rivers true names.png|alt=The Border Rivers of Suriname |thumb|267x267px]] |
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While there’s little dispute of the lower marking the division between the two countries, however confusion arose where the river splits to the west as the [[New River (South America)|New River]] or the east Coeroeni. Which one is deemed the proper was between the expedition of Robert H. Schomburgk, and later Barrington Brown who found the New River.{{Cite journal|last=Sluiter|first=Engel|date=1933|title=Dutch Guiana: A Problem in Boundaries|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2506542|journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review|volume=13|issue=1|pages=13–22|doi=10.2307/2506542|issn=0018-2168|via=}} |
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 24 December 2023
River in Brazil and Suriname
The Coeroeni River is a river in South America. It arises in the Tumuc-Humac Mountains, which forms the drainage divide between Pará, Brazil, and Suriname; from there it flows northward. The river is fed by the Aramatau, Kutari and Sipaliwini River.[1] The Coeroeni goes on to form the border of the disputed Tigri Area[2] by Guyana and Suriname.[1] It eventually flows into the Courantyne River, which forms the international boundary between Guyana–Suriname.[1]
While there’s little dispute of the lower Corentyne marking the division between the two countries, however confusion arose where the river splits to the west as the New River or the east Coeroeni. Which one is deemed the proper upper Corentyne…
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