River
Berbice River
595 km from source to mouth · Guyana.
GuyanaFlows into Atlantic Ocean4th longest in Guyana
In numbers
Length
595km
Average flow
370m³/s
Basin
50,347km²
Drop
104m
from 104 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
595 km of river and 8 stops on the way: 2 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 104 m
- 213 kmChristmas Falls (busay sa Guyana)
- 242 kmWinters Falls
- 246 kmItabu Falls (busay sa Upper Demerara-Berbice Region)
- 257 kmMarlissa Falls
- 587 kmBerbice Bridge
- 587 kmRosignol5,782 people
- 587 kmNew Amsterdam35,039 people
- 587 kmCanje Rivertributary
- 595 kmAtlantic Oceanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Guyana
At the mouth it carries 373 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 6.7 seconds. It drops from 104 m to 0 m, 0.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 50,347 km², about the size of CR. 21,000 people live in it. Highest water: from June to July; lowest: from October to December. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- New AmsterdamLargest city on its banks · 35,039 people
- Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 86 km from the cityCar hire at GEO airport (Georgetown)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water10 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From February to March and from October to NovemberThe best months to visit
Berbice River, month by month
Highest water: from June to July
Lowest water: from October to December. Best months to visit: from February to March and from October to November.
From about 240 m³/s in the lowest month to 670 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Berbice River: the basin in numbers
15,817 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 21,000people live in the basin
- 1/km²people per km²
- 63maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,099mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 26.7°Caverage air temperature
- 0.3%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 82% Forest
- 6% Cropland
- 10% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Berbice River: what you find on the way
- 1Boat ramps
- 9Ferry piersBlairmont Stellin, New Amsterdam Stelling, Rosignol Stelling - Region #5 and 6 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Berbice River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
4waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (4)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Christmas Falls (busay sa Guyana)km 155
- Winters Fallskm 176
- Itabu Falls (busay sa Upper Demerara-Berbice Region)km 179
- Marlissa Fallskm 187
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Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Crab Island4.4 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Berbice River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Canje River
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Guyana724 km580 m³/s67 km awayEssequibo RiverGuyana1,014 km2,100 m³/s119 km awayDemerara RiverGuyana350 km290 m³/s93 km awayCuyuni RiverGuyana618 km2,100 m³/s122 km awayCoppename River
Suriname400 km550 m³/s184 km awaySaramacca RiverSuriname255 km280 m³/s185 km awaySuriname RiverSuriname480 km440 m³/s273 km awayMaroni
French Guiana612 km1,700 m³/s396 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2896921) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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