Guayana natural region
Región natural de Guayana | |
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Geographic/natural region | |
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 Geographic map of Guayana natural region. | |
| Coordinates: 3°N 63°W / 3°N 63°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Amazonas |
| Region | Guiana Shield |
| Area | |
| • Total | 441,726 km2 (170,551 sq mi) |
The Guayana natural region (Spanish: Región natural de Guayana), also simply known as Guayana (English: Guiana) in Venezuela, is a large massif of approximately 441,726 km2 (170,551 sq mi) area, equivalent to 48.2% of the total continental territory of the country.[1]
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.[2]
- ^ Vargas Ponce, José; García, Pablo Emilio. Geografía: 9º Educación Básica (in Spanish). Ed. Romor. ISBN 980-6010-67-1.
- ^ "Brief Description of Venezuela's Geography". Consulado Estados Unidos. Retrieved 17 February 2017.