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The Demerara River is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in eastern Guyana
Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
 that rises in the central rainforest
Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750?2000 mm . The monsoon trough, alternately known as the intertropical convergence zone, plays a significant role in creating Earth's tropical rain forests....
s of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana

Georgetown, estimated population 230,000 , is the Capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at ....
, Guyana's largest seaport and capital, is situated on the east bank of the river's mouth. The Demerara's estuary
Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
 is narrow and the flowrate is rapid. This scouring action maintains a 5-6 metre deep direct channel to the ocean. The river's deep brown color is primarily the result of the massive quantities of silt carried from upriver by the powerful currents.






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The Demerara River is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in eastern Guyana
Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
 that rises in the central rainforest
Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750?2000 mm . The monsoon trough, alternately known as the intertropical convergence zone, plays a significant role in creating Earth's tropical rain forests....
s of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana

Georgetown, estimated population 230,000 , is the Capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at ....
, Guyana's largest seaport and capital, is situated on the east bank of the river's mouth. The Demerara's estuary
Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
 is narrow and the flowrate is rapid. This scouring action maintains a 5-6 metre deep direct channel to the ocean. The river's deep brown color is primarily the result of the massive quantities of silt carried from upriver by the powerful currents. So powerful are these currents, that the ocean retains the Demerara's brown color for a considerable distance out to sea.

The Demerara's width and depth allow oceangoing vessels to navigate up to Linden
Linden, Guyana

Linden is the largest town in Guyana, and capital of the Upper Demerara-Berbice region, located at , altitude 48 metres . It was declared a town in 1970, and includes the communities of MacKenzie and Wismar....
 (105 km from the mouth), while smaller vessels may reach up to Malali
Malali

Malali is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Mudhol taluk of Bagalkot district in Karnataka....
 (245 km from the mouth). Beyond Malali, numerous rapid
Rapid

File:Rapids.jpgFile:!downstream river1.jpgA rapid is a section of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep stream gradient causing an increase in water [velocity and turbulence....
s make further upstream travel impossible.

A floating bridge, the Demerara Harbour Bridge
Demerara Harbour Bridge

The Demerara Harbour Bridge is a long pontoon bridge. It was commissioned on 2 July 1978. The bridge crosses the Demerara River south of the Guyana capital Georgetown, Guyana, from Peter's Hall, East Bank Demerara to Schoon Ord, West Bank Demerara....
, crosses the river 4 miles south of Georgetown from Peter's Hall, East Bank Demerara to Schoon Ord, West Bank Demerara.

Tributaries of the Demerara River include the Haiama River
Haiama River

The Haiama River is a west bank tributary of the Demerara River in northern Guyana. It enters the Demerara River 280 yards from the mouth....
, Kuruabaru River
Kuruabaru River

The Kuruabaru River is an east bank tributary of the Demerara River in northern Guyana. It enters the Demerara River 140 miles from its mouth....
, Haiakwa Creek
Haiakwa Creek

Haiakwa Creek is an east bank tributary of the Demerara River in northern Guyana. It enters the Demerara River 27 miles upstream of Linden, Guyana....
 and Haianari Creek
Haianari Creek

Haianari Creek is a west bank tributary of the Demerara River in northern Guyana. It enters the Demerara River 90 miles upstream of the Demerara's mouth....
.

The islands Inver
Inver

Inver is a village in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It lies on the N56 road National secondary road mid way between Killybegs to the west and Donegal Town to the east....
, Borselem, and Biesen are found 15 to 20 miles from the mouth. Borselem was once the location of the Dutch capital of Demerara
Demerara

Demerara in South America was one of the original United Kingdom colonies that were joined into the colony of British Guiana, now Guyana. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was Georgetown, Guyana....
.

A Dutch colony
Dutch colonization of the Americas

During the 17th century, Netherlands traders established trade posts and plantations throughout the Americas; actual colonization, with Dutch settling in the new lands was not as common as with settlements of other European nations....
 of the same name (see Demerara
Demerara

Demerara in South America was one of the original United Kingdom colonies that were joined into the colony of British Guiana, now Guyana. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was Georgetown, Guyana....
) was situated along the river's banks. The colony founded the sugarcane
Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a genus of 6 to 37 species of tall perennial plant Poaceae , native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World. They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar and measure 2 to 6 meters tall....
 industry that continues to thrive today. Sugar from this industry is used to make the widely exported El Dorado Rum
El Dorado Rum

El Dorado Rum is a Rum brand produced by Demerara Distillers in Guyana. One of the smoothest tasting rums available, this rum is ideally consumed straight up or on the rocks....
 . Bauxite
Bauxite

Bauxite is the most important aluminium ore. It consists largely of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite ?-AlO, and diaspore a-AlO, together with the iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase TiO2....
 is also mined around the Demerara, and Linden is a major export
Export

Export goods or services are provided to foreign consumers by domestic Production theory basics. It is a good that is sent to another country for sale....
 centre.