Rupununi region

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The Rupununi region is a sparsely populated, savannah and rainforest area in southwestern Guyana known for its Indigenous communities, rich biodiversity, and traditional ranching culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rupununi region canonical 3
Rupununi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
rainforest region ⓘ
savannah region ⓘ
adjacentTo Brazilian Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Amazon rainforest
borderedBy Brazil ⓘ
Brazilian state of Amazonas ⓘ
linked to: Amazonas state

Brazilian state of Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
climate tropical ⓘ
contains Kanuku Mountains ⓘ
Rupununi River ⓘ
Rupununi Savannah ⓘ
country Guyana ⓘ
crossedBy Rupununi River ⓘ
Takutu River ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasEcosystemType tropical rainforest ⓘ
tropical savannah ⓘ
hasFauna arapaima ⓘ
giant anteater ⓘ
giant otter ⓘ
harpy eagle ⓘ
jaguar ⓘ
hasFlora savannah grasses ⓘ
tropical hardwoods ⓘ
hasHabitat gallery forests ⓘ
seasonally flooded savannahs ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasSeason dry season ⓘ
rainy season ⓘ
hasSettlement Aishalton ⓘ
Annai ⓘ
Karasabai ⓘ
Lethem ⓘ
St. Ignatius ⓘ
inhabitedBy Makushi people ⓘ
Wapishana people ⓘ
other Indigenous peoples of Guyana ⓘ
knownFor Indigenous communities ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
traditional ranching culture ⓘ
locatedIn Guiana Shield ⓘ
southwestern Guyana ⓘ
partOf Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Wapishana language → spokenIn → Rupununi region ⓘ
Guyana Wapishana → region → Rupununi region ⓘ
Makushi → locatedIn → Rupununi region ⓘ
Rupununi River → region → Rupununi ⓘ
linked to: Rupununi region