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Maroni
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Maroni 

(Marowijne), a river in South America, forming the boundary between Surinam and French Guiana. Length, 680 km. It rises on the northern slopes of the Tumucumaque (Tumuc-Humac) mountain range in French Guiana. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean, forming an estuary. The river has rapids but is navigable in its lower course as far as the city of Apatou.
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JULY SURINAME Indigenous groups petition the Suriname Government and the French ambassador, saying the French Army, based in neighbouring French Guinea, has ordered them to stop hunting and fishing on a stretch of land between the Marowijne and Litani Rivers.
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