Guiana Shield
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The Guiana Shield is one of the three cratons of the South American plate. It is a 1.7 billion-year-old Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America that forms a portion of the northern
Cerros de Mavecure, Guainía department, Colombia
Devil's Canyon in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Heliamphora chimantensis, endemic to the Chimantá Massif (a Venezuelan part of the Guiana Shield)
The Guianas
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The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, are a geographical region in north-eastern South America. In contemporary use, the term usually refers to "the three Guianas": Guyana, Suriname, and Fren
Guiana Shield
…Guiana (or Guyane), much of southern Venezuela, most of Brazil north of the Amazon River, and parts of eastern Colombia. The first three are called The Guianas, and most of the Guiana Shield coincides with Guiana Island. The rocks of the Guiana Shield consist of metasediments and metavolcanics (greenstones…
Venezuela and the Guianas (1831), according to English cartography.