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Rupununi savannah
Ecology
BiomeTropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Geography
Area13,000[1] km2 (5,000 sq mi)
CountryGuyana
StateUpper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

The Rupununi savannah /rʌpəˈnʌni/ is a savanna plain in Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. It is part of the Guianan savanna ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.[2]

  1. ^ Mark B. Robbins. "AVIFAUNA OF THE GUYANA SOUTHERN RUPUNUNI, WITH COMPARISONS TO OTHER SAVANNAS OF NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA" (PDF). Neotropical Ornithological Society. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ The Rupununi Savannahs: An Eco-Tourist's Dream

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the Parima or Amaku Lake. The region surrounding the Rupununi river is composed of mainly savannah, wetlands, forest, and low mountain ranges. The area...

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single-drop waterfall in the world by volume. North of the Rupununi River lies the Rupununi savannah, south of which lie the Kanuku Mountains. The four longest...

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century. Some explorers proposed that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah may have been misidentified as a lake. Recent geological investigations...

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The North Rupununi District in located in south-west Guyana consisting of a mixture of forest, savannah and wetlands ecosystems and is considered one...

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largest expanse of grassland, the Rupununi Savannah, covers about 15,000 square kilometers in southern Guyana. This savannah also extends far into Venezuela...

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Aishalton is an Amerindian village that is situated in the Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (Region 9)...

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Edwina Melville

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School. Her first connection to the Rupununi savannah came when visiting her brother, who was working for the Rupununi Development Company based at the Wariwau...

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settled in the Northern Rupununi Savannah. Cuthbert Cary-Elwes, a Jesuit missionary settled among the Macushi of the Rupununi Region (Guyana) in 1909...

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South Rupununi Sign Language

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Lethem in the Rupununi savannah of Guyana and Brazil. Ben Braithwaite, Lily Kwok & Rehana Omardeen, Documenting sign language in South Rupununi, Guyana v...

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century and there was a theory that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah may have been misidentified as such. "Kemys, Lawrence" . Dictionary...

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Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah on the Rupununi River. The name Karaudarnau means "snake hill" in Wapishana...

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Hiawa

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Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah. Hiawa is considered a satellite of Nappi. Hiawa has a school, a health...

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investors in 1990. Guyana experienced a cattle boom in the southern Rupununi savannah area during the late 1800s. A cattle trail opened in 1920, connecting...

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Guianan savanna

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protected area since 1972. The 13,000 square kilometres (5,000 sq mi) Rupununi savannah in Guyana does not have an official protected area status as of 2020...

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Alexander von Humboldt

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Charles Waterton

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Maruranau

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Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah near the Kwitaro River on the edge of the Kanuku Mountains. A minority...

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Sawariwau

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Amerindians. It is located about 70 miles (110 km) south of Lethem in the Rupununi savannah. The main language spoken in the village is Wapishana. The name of...

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Wichabai

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The type specimen was collected by Harrie Sipman on Kusad Mountain (Rupununi savannah, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) at an altitude of 450 m (1,480 ft);...

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Rupununi savannah in half, creating the North Rupununi Savannah that is predominantly occupied by the Macushi people, and the South Rupununi Savannah...

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