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Para Creek

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Para Creek (Parakreek also Para River) is a blackwater creek in the Wanica & Para District of Suriname. It is a tributary of the Suriname River, and was home to many plantations. The area around the creek has been cultivated since the English period. The Para District has been named after the creek in 1966.

Flows through: Suriname.

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

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