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    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...
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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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  • Dadanawa Ranch is located on the Rupununi River in the Rupununi savannah in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is the largest and one...
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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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    the largest region of Guyana. The Rupununi savannah known for its large biodiversity is located between the Rupununi River and the Brazilian border. Within...
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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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    stands at an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet), at the edge of the Rupununi savannah, where the cattle trail to the Atlantic coast begins. It is nestled...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Raleigh's Lake Parime by proposing that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah had been misidentified as a lake. On 24 November 1800, the two friends...
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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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    weekend is the city's main event. Lethem is part of the Guyanese Rupununi savannah where there are many vaqueiros (as spoken in the Portuguese language)...
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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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    rebels finalised plans of a separated Rupununi state. Venezuela reportedly supported and equipped the Rupununi rebels and their secession movement. Valerie...
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    Raleigh's Lake Parime by suggesting that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah had been misidentified as a lake. Waterton was a skilled taxidermist...
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  • Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah along the Nappi and Maipaima creeks on the edge of the Kanuku Mountains...
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  • mission founded by Jesuit priests to serve the Amerindians in the Rupununi savannah. Kumu and Quarrie are satellite villages of St. Ignatius. The area...
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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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  • 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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  • specimen was collected by Harrie Sipman on the Dadadanawa ranch (Rupununi savannah, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana) at an altitude of 120 m (390 ft);...
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    Raleigh's Lake Parime by proposing that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah had been misidentified as a lake. In 1841, he returned to Guiana,...
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    Wrong. Wong's business interests included Good Hope Ranch in the Rupununi Savannah, Anchor Ranch in Berbice, and interests in an abattoir, tannery and...
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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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    significantly settled due to negative legends about the area. The Rupununi savannah became a major cattle producing region, and Karanambo was a ranch...
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