Geology and Minerals

Guayana natural region

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. 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 are 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.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
• ▸Congo Basin
• ▸Cottonwood Limestone

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