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7 unusual facts about Essequibo River


1708 in piracy

Ferry's fleet proceeds up the Essequibo River burning Indian villages along the way before anchoring opposite of Bartica.

Astrocaryum

The type species, Astrocaryum aculeatum, was first described by German botanist Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer in 1818 based on a specimen from the Essequibo River in Guyana.

Bocoa

It was found in the Upper Essequibo region of Guyana and is most morphologically similar to B. prouacensis.

Essequibo

The Essequibo River is one of the larger South American rivers located in the country of Guyana.

Petulanos

There are currently three described species; one each in the Xingu, Nickerie and Essequibo river basins.

Pygocentrus

Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858 (red piranha, red-bellied piranha) – Amazon, Paraguay-Paraná-Uruguay, and Essequibo river basins, as well as various river in northeastern Brazil.

Tom Tutin

After graduating in 1930 he stayed in Cambridge, interrupted by biological expeditions in 1931 to southern Spain and Spanish Morocco, and in 1933 to British Guiana, where the expedition was based on the banks of the Essequibo River.


Mazaruni River

Next, the Mazaruni River flows past Oranapai Rapids, Kamakusa Landing, the mouth of Merume River, Banana Landing, Tiboku Rapids, the mouth of Equeribisi River, Issano Landing, the mouth of the Puruni River, Kaburi rapids, Marshal Falls, the last set of rapids, Itabali Landing, the mouth of the Cuyuni River, then, near the village of Bartica, finishes into the Essequibo River, the largest river of Guyana.


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