Guianas

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cultural region geographical region

The Guianas is a region on the northeastern coast of South America comprising Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and sometimes adjacent areas, known for its dense rainforests and cultural diversity.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Guiana Highlands 2
Guayana Region 1
Guayana region 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Caribbean Sea region ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
bauxite mining ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
gold extraction ⓘ
mining ⓘ
hasEcosystem mangrove forests ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Afro-descendant populations ⓘ
Indo-descendant populations ⓘ
Javanese-descendant populations ⓘ
indigenous Amerindian peoples ⓘ
mixed-heritage populations ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
indigenous languages ⓘ
various Creole languages ⓘ
hasRiverSystem Demerara River ⓘ
Essequibo ⓘ
surface form: Essequibo River

Maroni River ⓘ
Oyapock River ⓘ
Suriname River ⓘ
historicallyDividedInto British Guiana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Guiana

French Guiana ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs Guianas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Guianas
includesTerritory French Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Suriname ⓘ
knownFor cultural diversity ⓘ
dense rainforests ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
locatedInPartOf northeastern South America ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Guiana Shield ⓘ
sometimesIncludesTerritory eastern Venezuela ⓘ
northern Brazil ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazon rainforest → borderedBy → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiana Highlands
Bagassa → distributionRegion → Guianas ⓘ
Walter Raleigh → explored → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiana
Orinoco River → flowsThrough → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guayana Region
South America → hasSubregion → Guianas ⓘ
Guianas → historicallyKnownAs → Guianas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guianas
Amazon River → locatedIn → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern South America
Caroni River → locatedInRegion → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guayana region
French Guiana → partOf → Guianas ⓘ
Afro-Surinamese → region → Guianas ⓘ
British Guiana → region → Guianas ⓘ
Suriname → region → Guianas ⓘ
Orinoco River → sourceRegion → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiana Highlands
Antillean Creole → spokenIn → Guianas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiana region