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Virtually all economic developments of significance have taken place in the deltas (Suriname-Commewijne, Coppername-Saramacca, and Corantijn-Nickerie).
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The Multi-Purpose Corantijn Project in the district of Nickerie includes the construction of a 66 km irrigation canal to bring water to existing and projected new areas to produce an increased 12,500 ha of rice (paddy) and raise cropping intensity from 1.22 to 1.90.
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Part of the Guiana region, it is separated from Brazil on the south by the Tumuc-Humac Mts., from Guyana on the west by the Corantijn (Courantyne) River, and from French Guiana on the east by the Maroni River.
Suriname The World Factbook 2008
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The primary rivers from west to east, draining north towards the Atlantic Ocean, are the Essequibo, Corantijn, Marowijne, and Oyapock.
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The southernmost borders with French Guiana and Guyana are disputed along the Marowijne and Corantijn rivers, respectively; while a part of the disputed maritime boundary with Guyana was arbitrated by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on September 20, 2007.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa left in cold by US-Brazil cotton deal-study 2010
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The southernmost borders with French Guiana and Guyana are disputed along the Marowijne and Corantijn rivers, respectively; while a part of the disputed maritime boundary with Guyana was arbitrated by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on September 20, 2007.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa left in cold by US-Brazil cotton deal-study 2010
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The southernmost borders with French Guiana and Guyana are disputed along the Marowijne and Corantijn rivers, respectively; while a part of the disputed maritime boundary with Guyana was arbitrated by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on September 20, 2007.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa left in cold by US-Brazil cotton deal-study 2010
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The southernmost borders with French Guiana and Guyana are disputed along the Marowijne and Corantijn rivers, respectively; while a part of the disputed maritime boundary with Guyana was arbitrated by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on September 20, 2007.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa left in cold by US-Brazil cotton deal-study 2010
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