The Burro-Burro River is a river of
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
.
It flows directly through the
Iwokrama Forest
The Iwokrama Forest is a nature reserve of central Guyana located in the heart of the Guiana Shield, one of the four last pristine tropical forests in the world ( Congo, New Guinea, and the Amazon rainforest are the others). It represents an im ...
, and is an important water source for the
Macushi
The Macushi ( pt, Macuxi) are an indigenous people living in the borderlands of southern Guyana, northern Brazil in the state of Roraima, and in an eastern part of Venezuela.
Identification
The Macushi are also known as the Macusi, Macussi, Ma ...
as well as used for ecotourism. It is protected for limited use of subsistence fishing, and the river is monitored for
illegal fishing
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is an issue around the world. Fishing industry observers believe IUU occurs in most fisheries, and accounts for up to 30% of total catches in some important fisheries.
Illegal fishing takes pl ...
and hunting. It is categorized as a black-water river, flanked by lowland tropical forest.
The river is the site of archaic petroglyphs, man-made depressions and chipping stations for manufacturing stone tools.
Biodiversity
It is home to animals such as the
Yellow-banded poison dart frog,
black caiman
The black caiman (''Melanosuchus niger'') is a species of large crocodilian and is the largest species of the family Alligatoridae. It is a carnivorous reptile that lives along slow-moving rivers, lakes, seasonally flooded savannas of the Amazon ...
, and
capuchin monkey
The capuchin monkeys () are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the " organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some tropical fores ...
s.
See also
*
List of rivers of Guyana
This is a list of rivers in Guyana.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*''Amazon River'' (Brazil)
**''Negro River'' (Brazil)
***''Branc ...
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
GEOnet Names Server
Rivers of Guyana
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