Guyana

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name these mountains that form part of border with guyana and brazil

Acarai mountains

Most populous native tribe

Arawak

This region in Guyana produces the finest brown sugar name this region

Demerara region

known as land of six peoples for what reason

Descendants from Brtitish colonists, African slaves, East indians, Portuguese and Chinese immigrants live here, and so do amerinidans

groups of people in Guyana

East Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5% (2002 census)

Upriver from the falls, the Potaro Plateau stretches out to the distant escarpment of the Pakaraima Mountains. The Potaro River empties into what river

Essequibo River which is one of the longest and widest rivers in South America.

Pakaraima mountains form a meeting point for 3 nations , name the countries

Guyana,Venezuela, Brazil

Kaieteur Falls is a waterfall on the Potaro River. 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 cascades that, when included in the measurements, bring the total height to 251 metres (822 ft).with an average flow rate of 663 cubic metres per second . Kaieteur Falls is about four times higher than the Niagara Falls, on the border between Canada and the United States and about twice the height of the Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa. It is a single drop waterfall.[2]

Kaieteur National Park, central Essequibo Territory, Guyana

this town lies on the southwest side of the guyana savanna and borders brazil besides the river takutu , tributary of amazon. name this small town

Lethem

Bauxite capital , also second largest city is

Linden

gold mine which is second largest in the south america is

Omai gold mine located south of Georgetown

these falls lie on the Ireng River, a highland river that thunders over steps and terraces of red jasper on the border of Guyana and Brazil before merging with the Takutu River and into Brazil to join the Amazon River. Name the falls situated amid the rolling, grass-covered hills of the which Mountains?

Orinduik Falls Pakaraima mountains Orinduik Falls is a wide, multi-tiered series of cascades making it an ideal waterfall for swimming. Waterfall is approximately 25 m tall and more than 150 m wide.[1]

Range of mountains home to the Mt Roraima, at the border of venezuela an d Brazil are

Pakaraima mountains

holi in guyana celebreated by the indo guyanese is called

Phagwah

located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana in the Barima-Waini Region, near the Venezuelan border, is a nesting site for four of the eight sea turtle species - the Green, Hawksbill turtle, Leatherback and the Olive Ridley.

Shell Beach ( 145 Km)

15 % of the guyana 's popluation is of Islamic faith. they belong to this sect, name the sect

Sunni

age old tradition of weaving recently reviewed in guyana of making cotton hammocks from rainforest cotton which takes 600 hours to make. Name the tribe and region where this is revived

Wapishana indians Rapununi

practice of this method keeps lands fertile by refreshing the soil and killing weeds

flood fallowing

Easter in guyana is a national holiday on sunday and monday when children of georgetown have fun when gather by a seawall to play what sport

kite flying

economy is based on 6 products

sugar, gold, bauxite, shrimp, timber, and rice


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