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  2. 2005 Georgetown flood - Wikipedia

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    The Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis at NASA monitored rainfall between December 24, 2004, and January 20, 2005. The "highest rainfall totals on the order of 20 inches of rain (red areas) occur just offshore and right along the coastline of Guyana near the mouth of the Essequibo River and Georgetown".

  3. Geography of Guyana - Wikipedia

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    The Geography of Guyana comprises the physical characteristics of the country in Northern South America and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela, with a land area of approximately 214,969 square km. The country is situated between 1 and 9 north latitude and between 56 and 62 west ...

  4. Guianan moist forests - Wikipedia

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    The Guianan moist forests (NT0125) is an ecoregion in the east of Venezuela, north of Brazil and the Guyanas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). It is in the Amazon biome . The climate is hot and humid, with two rainy seasons each year. As of 1996 the tropical rainforest habitat was relatively intact, although there were mounting threats from ...

  5. List of countries by average annual precipitation - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1 ... Guyana: 2,387: South America 17

  6. Hurricane Matthew - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Matthew. Hurricane Matthew was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, and the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007 ...

  7. Iwokrama Forest - Wikipedia

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    Iwokrama Forest. The Iwokrama Forest is a 3,716 square kilometres (1,435 sq mi) nature reserve of central Guyana located in the heart of the Guiana Shield, [2] one of the four last pristine tropical forests in the world (Congo, New Guinea, and the Amazon rainforest are the others). [3] It represents an important transition zone in rainfall ...

  8. Essequibo River - Wikipedia

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    Essequibo River. The Essequibo River (Spanish: Río Esequibo; originally called by Alonso de Ojeda; Río Dulce) [7][8] is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil–Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,014 km (630 mi) through forest and ...

  9. Kaieteur Falls - Wikipedia

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    Kaieteur Falls. Kaieteur Falls is the largest single-drop waterfall [1] in the world. It is located on the Potaro River in Kaieteur National Park, central Essequibo Territory, Guyana. It is 226 metres (741 ft) high when measured from its plunge over a sandstone and conglomerate cliff to the first break. It then flows over a series of steep ...

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