Global InformationKwitaro River information
| Kwitaro River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Guyana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | 3°15′16″N 58°47′14″W / 3.2545°N 58.7871°W |
The Kwitaro River is a tributary of the Rupununi River in Guyana.
The Kwitaro is a part of the Rewa River Basin, which is a tributary of the Rupununi River in the larger Essequibo drainage system and within Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo. It lies at approximately 120 m. elevation. River depth is highly variable,[2] and water level by altimetry varies from a low of 86.53 m. to a high of 94.28 m.; averaging 89.30 m.[3]
Vegetation is lowland seasonally inundated and terra firma evergreen tropical forest.
The Kwitaro breaks off into Pobawau Creek (3º16’3.1”N, 58º46’42.7”W). Cacique Mountain (3º11’29.5”N, 58º48’42.0”W) is 10 km. southwest of Pobawau Creek.[2]
- ^ "Kwitaro, River | General Info | Database for Hydrological Time Series of Inland Waters (DAHITI)".
- ^ a b "Eastern Kanuku Mountains, Lower Kwitaro River, Guyana". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Kwitaro, River | General Info | Database for Hydrological Time Series of Inland Waters (DAHITI)". dahiti.dgfi.tum.de. Retrieved 2021-01-07.