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This is a list of ecoregions in Guyana. Terrestrial ecoregions. Guyana is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.
The Regions are divided into neighbourhood councils, known as Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). [5] The current regional structure was established by the Local Democratic Organs Act in 1980. The hyphenated names indicate the name of the rivers that define their border. [6]
Guyana lies south of the path of Caribbean hurricanes and none is known to have hit the country. [ 1 ] Temperatures in Georgetown are quite constant, with an average high of 32 °C (89.6 °F) and an average low of 24 °C (75.2 °F) in the hottest month (July), and an average range of 29 to 23 °C (84.2 to 73.4 °F) in February, the coolest ...
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 ...
The savannah is divided north from south, by the Kanuku Mountains, Guyana's most biologically diverse region. According to Conservation International, the "area supports a large percentage of Guyana’s biodiversity", including 250 species of bird life, 18 of which are native "only to the lowland forests of the Guianas." The savannah is teeming ...
The Guianan moist forests ecoregion covers most of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It covers part of eastern Venezuela and parts of the north of the Brazilian states of Pará and Amapá . It has a total area of 51,281,764 hectares (126,720,000 acres).
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Regions of Guyana by number and name Regions of Guyana Guyana is divided into 10 regions:[1][2] No . Reg i o n Area (km2) P o p . (2012) P o p . p er km2 Cap i tal 1 Barima-Waini 20,339 26,941 1.3 Mabaruma 2 Pomeroon-Supenaam 6,195 46,810 7.6 Anna Regina 3 Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 3,755 107,416 28.6 Vreed en Hoop