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The Chiribiquete Plateau is a sandstone topped plateau with an elevation of 900 m (2,953 ft) that forms the western edge of the shield. The plateau is separated from the eastern Andes by the thick Neogene sediments of the Sub-Andean Trough that runs along the northern and western rim of the Guiana Shield.
Guianacara is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to freshwater habitats in the Guiana Shield in South America. [1] [2] They mostly live in moderately flowing clear-or blackwater rivers and streams, but also occur in lagoons that are seasonally flooded. [2] [3] [4] They are typically found over bottoms consisting of sandy patches intermixed ...
Adelophryne gutturosa (common name: Guiana Shield frog) is a species of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae. [3] It is found on the Guiana Shield from eastern Venezuela through Guyana [4] to French Guiana and adjacent Brazil , possibly extending to Suriname. Its type locality is Mount Roraima. [3] [5] Its local Spanish name is ranita ...
The northern Guiana Shield, including Guyana is separated from Southern Guiana Shield by ENE to NE trending Tumbes /Guayaquil - Tacutu Tectonic Lineament. This is a major regional pre-Cambrian shear zone / mega-shear which is believed to have been re-activated several times.
It is on the geological Guiana Shield craton, and is the Venezuelan part of the biogeographic Guayana Highlands and their tepuis (mesas). Its limits by the north and east is formed by the route of the rivers Orinoco, Atabapo and Negro Rivers; and by the south the borders with Brazil. The region occupies almost half of the territory of Venezuela ...
The forests, wetlands, savannah, waters and biodiversity make the Guiana Shield "essential to enriching and replenishing the world's biodiversity and, consequently, essential to the planet's survival" as Brigadier David Granger - President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana pointed out [6] during his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the ...
The Cerros de Mavicuri are three hills, located in eastern Colombia, 50 km (31 mi) south of the city of Inírida on the Inírida River.Geologically, the mountains are part of the Guiana Shield.
4.2 Greenland. 4.3 United States. ... Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil. Northern Guiana Shield greenstone belt [2] References