A report on Guyana and Kanuku Mountains

Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single-drop waterfall by volume.
Rupununi Savannah
Satellite image of Guyana from 2004
Anomaloglossus beebei (Kaieteur), specific to the Guianas
The hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana.
A tractor in a rice field on Guyana's coastal plain
A proportional representation of Guyana exports, 2019
Thatched roof houses in Guyana
Guyana's population density in 2005 (people per km2)
A graph showing the population of Guyana from 1961 to 2003. The population decline in the 1980s can be clearly seen.
The State House, Guyana's presidential residence
The Supreme Court of Guyana
Guyana's parliament building since 1834
Map of Guyana, showing the Essequibo River and (shaded dark) the river's drainage basin. Venezuela claims territory up to the western bank of the river. The historical claim by the UK included the river basin well into current-day Venezuela.
Cross-border bridge from Guyana to Brazil near Lethem
St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
Providence Stadium as seen from the East Bank Highway

The Kanuku Mountains are a group of mountains in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region.

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North of the Rupununi River lies the Rupununi savannah, south of which lie the Kanuku Mountains.

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A map of the rivers, including the Rupununi, that flow through Guyana

Rupununi

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Region in the south-west of Guyana, bordering the Brazilian Amazon.

Region in the south-west of Guyana, bordering the Brazilian Amazon.

A map of the rivers, including the Rupununi, that flow through Guyana
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The elusive Jaguar
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An Amerindian family traveling on the Rupununi River

The Rupununi River is one of the main tributaries of the Essequibo River and is located in southern Guyana.

The river originates in the Kanuku Mountains, which are located in the Upper Takutu-Essequibo region.

Wapishana

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The village of Jacamim in Bonfim, Roraima

The Wapichan or Wapishana (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an indigenous group found in the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana.

In Guyana, the Wapishana villages are located between the Takutu, Rupununi, and Kwitaro rivers, bordering the Macushi territory in the Kanuku Mountains to the north, and extending as far as the Wai-Wai territory to the south.