Barima River

{{Distinguish|Barama River}} {{Infobox river | name = Barima River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname =  | image = Arawatta rock barima river.png | image_size = | image_caption = Arawatta Rock in the Barima River | image_alt =  | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Venezuela | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of mouth | pushpin_map_alt =  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Guyana, Venezuela | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates=  | source1_elevation = | mouth = | mouth_location = Barima Point | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|8|35|N|60|25|W|display=it|region:VE_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Barima River''' is a tributary of the Orinoco River, entering {{convert|4|mi|km|0|order=flip}} from the Atlantic Ocean. It originates from the Imataka Mountains in Guyana,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Harrison|first=John Burchmore|url=http://archive.org/details/geologyofgoldfie00harr|title=The geology of the goldfields of British Guiana|last2=Fowler|first2=Frank|last3=Anderson|first3=Charles Wilgress|date=1908|publisher=[London] Dulau & Co.|others=Smithsonian Libraries|pages=107,109}}</ref> flowing for approximately {{convert|210|mi|km|order=flip}} before entering Venezuela about {{convert|50|mi|km|order=flip}} from its mouth.

==Features== Early recorded explorations of the Barima were made by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, which was mapped as far as the tributary Rocky River.<ref name=":1" />

The head of the Barima rises in a steep gorge of the Imataka mountains, {{cvt|950|ft}} above sea level.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Dixon|first=George G.|date=1895|title=Four Months of Travel in British Guiana|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774100|journal=The Geographical Journal|volume=5|issue=4|pages=343-344|doi=10.2307/1774100|issn=0016-7398|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Near the Duquari Creek, the Arawatta Rock, a distinct large granite rock, is located.<ref name=":0" />

==Settlements== Mabaruma,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2020/02/07/govt-re-establishes-mabaruma-morawhanna-road-link/|title=Gov’t re-establishes Mabaruma-Morawhanna road link|website=Guyana Chronicle|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref> Koriabo,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guyana.org/features/guyanastory/chapter21.html|title=SPANISH RAIDS ON DUTCH TERRITORY (1758-1768) |website=Guyana.org|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref> and Morawhanna are Barima-Waini Region communities on the Barima River.

==See also== *Corocoro Island

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Category:Rivers of Guyana Category:Rivers of Venezuela Category:Orinoco basin Category:International rivers of South America