The Burro-Burro River is a river of Guyana .
7-561: It flows directly through the Iwokrama Forest , and is an important water source for the Macushi as well as used for ecotourism. It is protected for limited use of subsistence fishing, and the river is monitored for illegal fishing and hunting. It is categorized as a black-water river, flanked by lowland tropical forest. The river is the site of archaic petroglyphs, man-made depressions and chipping stations for manufacturing stone tools. It
14-588: A global hotspot for several plant families, including Lecythidaceae and Chrysobalanaceae . At 300 metres high, the Iwokrama Mountains form the geographic focal point of the Iwokrama Forest. They once provided a "place of refuge" for the Macushi people. In 1996, The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development was established to manage the forest. The centre and
21-433: A result, it contains high species richness and several species of animals that are threatened or extinct across most of their former geographic ranges, like the giant anteater . The Iwokrama Forest has the highest species richness for fish (over 420 described so far) and bats (90) for any area this size in the world. It also has extraordinarily high bird diversity (over 500). Iwokrama Forest has also been identified as
28-570: Is home to animals such as the Yellow-banded poison dart frog , black caiman , and capuchin monkeys . 4°46′00″N 58°52′00″W / 4.7667°N 58.8667°W / 4.7667; -58.8667 This article related to a river in Guyana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Iwokrama Forest The Iwokrama Forest is a 3,716 square kilometres (1,435 sq mi) nature reserve of central Guyana located in
35-481: The eastern boundary. The northern boundary is the Siparuni River . The Burro-Burro River runs through the centre, and most of its watershed is within the forest. The area is covered with lowland tropical forest , and dominated by tall tropical trees with a dense canopy 20 to 30 metres (70 to 100 ft) high. The Iwokrama Forest's ecosystem is located at the juncture of Amazonian and Guianan flora and fauna. As
42-520: The forest, traversing about 72 km (45 mi) between the northeastern and southern boundaries. The forest lies between 4° and 5° north latitude and 58.5 and 59.5 degrees west longitude. The Iwokrama Forest is bordered to the west by the Pakaraima Mountains and to the east by the isolated highlands scattered through central-east Guyana. It is also bordered by savannahs in the southwest and northeast of Guyana. The Essequibo River forms
49-547: The heart of the Guiana Shield , one of the four last pristine tropical forests in the world ( Congo , New Guinea , and the Amazon rainforest are the others). It represents an important transition zone in rainfall, landforms, human histories and biological communities. At its widest, the area is 85 km (53 mi), and the greatest extent in a north–south direction is 80 km (50 mi). The Georgetown–Lethem Road dissects
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