Mahaica River
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The Mahaica River is a small river in northern Guyana
that drains into the Atlantic Ocean
. The village of Mahaica is found at its mouth.
Farming is the predominant human use of the lower reaches of the river.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
that drains into the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. The village of Mahaica is found at its mouth.
Farming is the predominant human use of the lower reaches of the river.