The Torani Canal in northeastern Guyana

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...

 was constructed to transfer water from the Berbice River

Berbice River

The Berbice River, located in eastern Guyana, rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region. The Berbice flows northward for 370 miles through dense forests to the coastal plain...

 to the Canje River

Canje River

The Canje River, located in northeastern Guyana, is the main tributary of the Berbice River. It runs roughly parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast....

. The canal is 19 kilometres long.

The canal inlet on the Berbice River is located some 80 km from the sea where, although subject to tidal influence, flow is fresh throughout the year. A five-door sluice

Sluice

A sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate . For example, a millrace is a sluice that channels water toward a water mill...

 controls the flow of water into the canal. The outlet on the Canje River is near the community of Wel te Vreeden

Wel te Vreeden

Wel te Vreeden is a community in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of Guyana, located on the Canje River at . The community has also been called New Ground Village. Wel te Vreeden is 20 miles west of Corriverton and just north of the Torani Canal's connection to the Canje River....

. A three-door sluice controls flow out of the canal.

The Torani Canal also functions to flush saltwater out of the Canje River, especially during farm irrigation times.