Tumuc-Humac Mountains

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The Tumuc-Humac Mountains are a remote, low mountain range and watershed on the border between Brazil and French Guiana, known for their dense rainforest and role as the headwaters of several major rivers in the Guiana Shield region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tumuc-Humac Mountains canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
access primarily by river or air ⓘ
biome humid tropical forest ⓘ
borderRegionOf French Guiana overseas department ⓘ
linked to: French Guiana

State of Amapá ⓘ
linked to: Amapá

State of Pará ⓘ
linked to: state of Pará
climate equatorial ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
drainageDivideBetween Amazon Basin ⓘ
Atlantic-draining rivers of the Guianas ⓘ
exploredBy Henri Coudreau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Schomburgk ⓘ
formsHeadwatersOf Jari River ⓘ
Maroni River basin tributaries ⓘ
Oyapock River ⓘ
Paru de Oeste River NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalSetting Guiana Shield craton ⓘ
linked to: Amazonian craton

Precambrian shield ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tumucumaque Mountains ⓘ
hasBiodiversity high ⓘ
hasCharacteristic low elevation ⓘ
remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasConservationStatus relatively intact ecosystem ⓘ
hasEnvironment tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasVegetation primary rainforest ⓘ
highestPointElevation approximately 800 metres ⓘ
hydrologicalRole source area for multiple major rivers ⓘ
inhabitedBy Indigenous peoples ⓘ
Tiriyó people ⓘ
Wayãpi people ⓘ
linked to: Wayampí people
knownFor dense rainforest ⓘ
difficult access ⓘ
role as regional watershed ⓘ
languageOfToponym Indigenous languages of the region ⓘ
locatedIn Guiana Shield ⓘ
border between Brazil and French Guiana ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
near Tumucumaque Mountains National Park ⓘ
partOf Amazon Basin ⓘ
Guiana Highlands ⓘ
region northern Amazonian rainforest ⓘ
threatenedBy illegal gold mining in surrounding region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Oyapock River → sourceLocation → Tumuc-Humac Mountains ⓘ
Sipaliwini District → containsMountainRange → Tumuc-Humac Mountains ⓘ
France–Brazil border → hasPart → Tumuc-Humac Mountains ⓘ