Guiana Amazonian Park
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Guiana Amazonian Park is the largest national park of France, aiming at protecting part of the Amazonian forest located in French Guiana which covers 41% of the region. It is the largest park in Franc
View from the Maroni River
Forest canopy
Wedge-capped capuchin
white-faced saki
Pirogue
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A pirogue, also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and canoes. The word is French and is derived from the Spanish piragua, which comes from the Kalinago pi
Guiana Amazonian Park
…the European Union and one of the largest national parks in the world. It cannot be accessed from the seashore or by any means other than airplane or pirogue via the Maroni and Oyapock rivers. The protected area covers some 20,300 square kilometres (7,840 sq mi) for the central area (where full protection…
Traditional fishing pirogue (a lakana outrigger canoe) with sail from Madagascar
Group of pirogues at sunset on the river bank of Don Tati, Si Phan Don, Laos
Pirogues of Madagascar
A pirogue on the Niger River in Mali