Cottica River

Cottica River
On the banks of the Cottica River in 1965
Native name	Kotika-liba (Sranan Tongo)
Location
Country	Suriname
District	Marowijne
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Patamacca
• coordinates	5°23′02″N 54°28′16″W / 5.3838°N 54.4711°W / 5.3838; -54.4711
Mouth	Commewijne River
• coordinates	5°52′00″N 54°52′00″W / 5.866667°N 54.866667°W / 5.866667; -54.866667
Basin features
Progression	Commewijne River→Atlantic Ocean

Cottica River (Sranan Tongo: Kotika-liba) is a river in the northeast of Suriname.

It originates in the hills surrounding town of Moengo and flows westwards and enters the Commewijne River at Fort Sommelsdijk.

It has a river basin of 2.900 km².

• Bruijning, Conrad Friederich Albert; Jan Voorhoeve (1977). Encyclopedie van Suriname. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 90-10-01842-3.