Fact Sheet

        Even if the Guayana landscapes are formed by the geophysical characteristics of the Guayana Shield, they show a great variety of differences; it is separated from the rest of the country by the Orinoco´s  river great arch, this region extends to the Venezuelan Amazon Territory.

            For the visitor, Guayana´s most fascinating temptation is Angel Falls, discovered by accident in 1.937 by a North American pilot, Jimmy Angel. It is the highest waterfall in the world, with a drop of 1,005 meters ( 3,212 ft.). ¨ La Gran Sabana ¨ (Great Savanna), land of the tall and thin Morichal palm tree, is a natural spectacle graced with flat, table-top plateaus and dense scrub growth, where jaguar lurks  and heron wings their way to the sky. Canaima, a floral region of waterfalls, lagoons and luxuriant forest, swimming and fishing, an paradise of the Mother Nature.

Location:              Southeast of Venezuela.

States:                        Bolívar.

Bolívar State:         Area:  238.000 sq. Kms.

                                       Capital:  Ciudad Bolívar (Official government census 1.990: 225.340 ih.).

                                    More Important City: Puerto Ordaz(Official government census 1.990: 453.047 ih).  

                                Population:  900.310 ih. (Official government census 1.990). 

                                Relief:   Variability, at south the tepuyes of the Guayana Shield, La Gran Sabana

                                    (Great Savanna) and Sierra de Pacaraima.

                                       Hydrography:   The more important river it is the Orinoco River; affluent rivers:

                                    Paragua, Cuchivero, Cura, Aro and Caroní. The Angel Falls, the highest waterfall

                                    in the world.

                                    Climate: Warm. The rainy season is from May to October. Temperature average

                                    26º C. Rainy annual average 2.000 mm.

                                    Vegetation:  It is jungle and tropófilas savannas.

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