World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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SOUTH AMERICA

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Mts.

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Blommesteinmeer

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ATLANTIC

OCEAN

(^) Antilles
The
Serp
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th
Isla de Margarita
TRINIDAD
& TOBAGO
GRENADA

French

Guiana

(French overseas

department)

Equator

ZUELA

GUYANA

SURINAME

BRAZIL

(claimed by Venezuela)

(claimed by Suriname)

(claimed by

Suriname)

GEORGETOWN

PARAMARIBO

Barcelona

Cumaná

Maturín

Ciudad Guayana

New Amsterdam

CAYENNE

Carúpano

Ciudad Bolívar

El Tigre

Tucupita

Bartica

Rockstone

Linden

Nieuw

Amsterdam

Kourou

Sinnamary

St.-Laurent-

du-Maroni

The Guiana Shield is one of the

Earth’s oldest surfaces, formed

around 2 billion years ago.

Angel Falls

(Salto Ángel)

plunge a total

of 3212 ft

(979 m) to form

the world’s

highest waterfall.

2.47 acres (one hectare) of Amazon rain forest

can contain more than 750 types of trees and

1500 plant species, amounting to around

900 tons (tonnes) of living plant material.

The European Space Agency launch

facility at Kourou takes advantage

of the Earth's spin near the

equator to gain 10 percent

more payload than an equivalent

launch at Cape Canaveral in the US.