Surinam

(soo-re-năm',) a river of S. America, in Dutch Guiana, which colony it intersects and occasionally gives its name to. It empties into the Atlantic after a N. course of 300 m., the greater part of which is navigable by small ve els.- Dutch Guiana is intermediate, both in size and position, between British and French Guiana. It extends between N. Lat. 2º and 6°, and W. Lon. 53° and 57°, having E. French Guiana, from which it is separated by the Marony; S. Brazil; W. the Corentyn, which divides it from British Guiana; and N. the Atlantic. Length, N. to S., 250 m.; average breadth, about 155 m. Area, about 38,500 sq. m. Desc. The physical geography, climate, and productions of Dutch Guiana are pretty much the same as British Guiana. C. Paramaribo. Pop. 50,341. [s. 869]