Siparuni River
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The Siparuni River is a river in the Potaro-Siparuni
Region of Guyana
. It is a tributary of the Essequibo River
. Tributaries of the Siparuni River include the Takutu River (Siparuni River), Burro-Burro River
, Tipuru River and Levai Creek.
Archaic petroglyph
s have been recorded in a number of locations on the Siparuni River, including Big "S" Falls.
Potaro-Siparuni
Potaro-Siparuni is a region in Guyana, bordering the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the north, the regions of Upper Demerara-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo to the south and Brazil to the west.The main towns in the region are Kangaruma,...
Region of Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
. It is a tributary of the Essequibo River
Essequibo River
The Esequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,010 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.-Geography:There are countless...
. Tributaries of the Siparuni River include the Takutu River (Siparuni River), Burro-Burro River
Burro-Burro River
-References:* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.*...
, Tipuru River and Levai Creek.
Archaic petroglyph
Petroglyph
Petroglyphs are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images...
s have been recorded in a number of locations on the Siparuni River, including Big "S" Falls.