{{Infobox river | name = Rivière de Cayenne | name_native = | name_native_lang = | image = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = French Guiana | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the mouth | source1_location = | mouth = Atlantic Ocean | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|4.923|-52.3489|format=dms|type:river_region:FR-GF|display=it}} | mouth_elevation = Sea level | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = France | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = French Guiana | length = {{convert|44|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | tributaries_left = Tonnegrande, Montsinéry River | tributaries_right = Rivière des Cascades

| discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Rivière de Cayenne''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁivjɛʁ də kajɛn}}, "Cayenne River") is a river in French Guiana, formed by the Rivière des Cascades, Tonnegrande, and Montsinéry River. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near the city of Cayenne, forming an estuary about 2&nbsp;km long. It is {{convert|43.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, including its upper course Rivière des Cascades.<ref name=sandre>{{sandre|id=912-0400|nom=cayenne, de (riviere); cascades, des (riviere)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/|website=GeoNames|title=Rivière de Cayenne|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>

The river featured prominently in both the movie and the book ''''Papillon'''' by Henri Charrière.

==See also== *List of rivers of French Guiana *List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

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