Mahury
Appearance
Mahury | |
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![]() The Mahury upriver of the port Dégrad des Cannes | |
Location | |
Country | France |
Region | French Guiana |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 4°52′09″N 52°14′08″W / 4.8693°N 52.2355°W |
Length | 169 km (105 mi) |
The Mahury is an extended estuary of French Guiana southeast of Cayenne. It reaches 18 kilometres (11 mi) inland from the Atlantic Ocean,[1] where it becomes known as the Oyak. Including its source rivers Comté and Oyak, it is 169 km (105 mi) long.[2]
References
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