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Pacaraima Mountains Map of Guyana highlighting its physical features, including major rivers, waterfalls such as Kaieteur and Kanuku, mountain ranges like the Pakaraima and Kanuku Mountains, and the Rupununi Savanna. Neighboring countries Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname are labeled, along with an area in the southeast claimed by Suriname. The map includes a small locator inset showing Guyana's position on the northern coast of South America along the Atlantic Ocean.
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Pakaraima
Portuguese:
Serra Pacaraimã
Spanish:
Sierra Pacaraima
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Pacaraima Mountains

mountains, South America
Also known as: Pakaraima Mountains, Serra Pacaraima, Sierra Pacaraima(Show More)
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Pacaraima Mountains, central tabular upland of the Guiana Highlands in Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The Pacaraima Mountains form the drainage divide between the Orinoco Valley to the north and the Amazon Basin to the south. Extending for 250 miles (400 km) in an east–west direction, the mountains mark the borders between Brazil and southeastern Venezuela and between Brazil and west central Guyana. Mount Roraima (9,094 feet [2,772 metres]) is highest in elevation. The rivers that rise on the plateau tops pour over the cliffed edges in spectacular waterfalls, such as the Kaieteur Falls in Guyana.

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