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Short title: Map of Guyana - Guyana Official Map - Show the World Guyana - Barima-Waini, Pomeroon-Supenaam,Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica, Mahaica-Berbice, East Berbice-Corentyne, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice,Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo -Tigri Area - Cornatijn River - Guayana Esequiba, Guayana Esequiba, Tigri Area, Upper Courentyne, Corentyne ...
The coastal plain is made up largely of alluvial mud swept out to sea by the Amazon River, carried north by ocean currents, and deposited on the Guyanese shores. [1] A rich clay of great fertility, this mud overlays the white sands and clays formed from the erosion of the interior bedrock and carried seaward by the rivers of Guyana. [ 1 ]
The country can be divided into five natural regions: a narrow and fertile marshy plain along the Atlantic coast (low coastal plain) where most of the population lives; a white sand belt further inland (hilly sand and clay region), containing most of Guyana's mineral deposits; the dense rain forests (Forested Highland Region) in the southern ...
Pomeroon is within the Guyana coastal plain and the area is populated with mangrove swamp vegetation. Siriki Creek is an estuary of the Pomeroon River. [ 4 ] The mouth of the river has been deflected from pouring straight into the Atlantic ocean by a sandy spit that redirects the river to the northwest via the Cozier Canal.
The following 42 pages use this file: Abary River; Acarai Mountains; Akaiwang River; Arnik River; Barama River; Berbice River; Canje River; Demerara River; Eastern Tepuis
Map of Guyana Georgetown, Capital of Guyana Bartica. This is a list of settlements in Guyana. The following definitions have been used: City: Any settlement listed at [1] with population estimates of 75,000 or more. Town: Defined by the government of Guyana as 'municipalities'. [2] Village As defined by official government documents, census or ...
The fertile coastal plain consists of marine clay deposits, weathering products from the Andean mountain range that reached the coast of Suriname via the Amazon River and the Guiana Current. [4] The coastline is mobile because land is washed away repeatedly under the influence of storms and currents.
Guyana geography stubs (149 P) Pages in category "Geography of Guyana" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent ...