The Berbice River /bərˈbiːs/, located in eastern Guyana, is one of the country's major rivers. It rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region and flows...
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Berbice (/bɜːrˈbiːs/) is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between...
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Berbice Creole Dutch (also known as Berbice Dutch) is a now extinct Dutch creole language, once spoken in Berbice, a region along the Berbice River in...
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The Berbice Rebellion was a slave rebellion in Guyana that began on 23 February 1763 and lasted to December, with leaders including Coffij. The first...
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Mahaicony. The Mahaica River runs along the region's western border. The Berbice River is the eastern border. The Mahaicony and Abary Rivers run south to north...
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The Berbice Bridge is a pontoon bridge over the Berbice River near New Amsterdam in Guyana. The bridge is tolled and was opened on 23 December 2008. With...
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5198 The Canje River (sometimes referred to as Canje Creek), located in northeastern Guyana, is the main tributary of the Berbice River. It runs roughly...
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New Amsterdam, Guyana (category Populated places in East Berbice-Corentyne)
eastern bank of the Berbice River, 6 km (4 mi) upriver from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean, and immediately south of the Canje River. New Amsterdam's population...
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The Society of Berbice (Dutch: Sociëteit van Berbice) was founded on 24 October 1720 by the owners of the colony of Berbice currently in Guyana. These...
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Construction of a bridge across the Berbice River at Crab Island and D'Edwards on the East and West banks of Berbice River was completed in 2008. In 2012,...
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Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) is a region of Guyana, bordering the regions of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice to the...
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East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the...
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Nassau (Ghana), established near Mori Fort Nassau (Guyana), on the Berbice River Fort Nassau, Banda Islands, on the island of Bandaneira, in Indonesia...
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Coffij (category Berbice)
national hero in Guyana. Cuffy lived in Lilienburg, a plantation on the Berbice River, as a house-slave for a cooper (barrel maker). He was owned by the widow...
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Railways in Guyana (redirect from Demerara-Berbice Railway)
Georgetown in Demerara to Rosignol in Berbice, whence it was connected by ferry steamer across the Berbice River to New Amsterdam. The bill proposing the...
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Fort Nassau (Guyana) (category Berbice)
Nassau was the capital of the Dutch colony of Berbice, in present-day Guyana. It was situated on the Berbice River approximately 88 kilometres upstream from...
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Guyaneese log "bulletwood" near the Berbice River, Guyana...
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Borders of Suriname (section New River Triangle)
colonies was located at Devil Creek, between the Berbice River and the Courantyne River. In 1799, however, Berbice governor Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg...
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the western Torres Strait Crab Island, Guyana, at the mouth of the Berbice River Crab Island, Malaysia (Pulau Ketam) Crab Cay, Colombia, in the Caribbean...
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watersheds of the Demerara and Berbice rivers. The river breaks off into smaller tributaries making it seem "boundless." The river is a well known bird-watching...
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GDFS Berbice is a 115 Defiant-class patrol vessel of the Guyana Defence Force. It was launched in 2023 shortly before the 2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis...
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The national bird is the Hoatzin, found in the rainforest along the Berbice River. Other common native birds include the horned screamer and the great...
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longest river in the country and creates the border between Suriname and the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana. Its tributaries include Kutari River, Coeroeni...
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River Berbice River Canje River Abary River Mahaicony River Mahaica River Demerara River Haiama River Haianari Creek Haiakwa Creek John River Madawini...
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Kwakwani (category Populated places in Upper Demerara-Berbice)
Kwakwani is a mining and logging village on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana. Its altitude is 44 metres (147 feet). Kwakwani...
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similar fashion, settlements along the Berbice River became known as Berbice in 1627 and others along the Demerara River became Demerara (Demerary) in 1745...
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(2013): Geophagus crocatus, a new species of geophagine cichlid from the Berbice River, Guyana, South America (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa, 3731 (2): 279–286...
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mining sites are at Linden, south of Georgetown, and Kwakwani on the Berbice River In 2016, 1,479,090 tonnes of bauxite was produced. Bauxite mining began...
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gained control of the three colonies (Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo) west of the Courantyne River, which became British Guiana and then modern Guyana...
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endemic to Guyana where it is found in the basins of the Mazaruni and Berbice Rivers. It is the only member of the genus Skiotocharax. Froese, Rainer; Pauly...
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