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The Guiana Shield is one of the regions of highest biodiversity in the world, and has many endemic species. The region houses over 3000 vertebrate species: 1168 fresh water fish, 269 amphibians (54% endemics), 295 reptiles (29%), 1004 birds (7.7%), and 282 mammals (11%).
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The Border Rivers with Guyana, the Corentyne and Upper-Corentyne, are often Labeled incorrect on maps. these are the correct names of the Border rivers of Suriname. Nederlands: Eenvoudige kaart met de nadruk op Suriname en haar grens rivieren met Guyana en Frans-Guyana. de grensrivieren met Guyana, de Corantijn en boven Corantijn, worden vaak ...
The savanna covers an area of rolling upland plains on the Guiana Shield between the Amazon and Orinoco basins. It includes forested areas, but these are shrinking steadily due to the effect of frequent fires, either accidental or deliberate. [citation needed] The ecoregion includes the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela.
Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Guiana Shield in Suriname - a revised model. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie & Mijbouw, 10.1017/njg.2016.10 Kustvlakte: USGS
The Guayanan Highlands moist forests (NT0124) is an ecoregion in the south of Venezuela, the north of Brazil, and also within Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It is in the Amazon biome. It encompasses an upland region with diverse fauna and flora, which contains dramatic tepuis, or sandstone table mountains. The region has been inaccessible ...
The Guayana Highlands — the higher elevations, plateaus, and tepuis (mesas) on the Guiana Shield craton of the South American Plate in northern South America. The heavily forested highlands, located in northern Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela, have Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregions.
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a geographical region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the ...