The Eping River is a tributary of the
Kamarang River in Region 8 of
Guyana.
The area is a part of the Roraima Basin, which is an area rich in gold deposits and has been extensively mined.
Eping Landing is a small settlement along the river. The river runs by Mt. Raschaxe a
tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran S ...
in the Merume mountain range.
Plants first collected in the surrounding area include
psychotria
''Psychotria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus a ...
sandwithiana (a flowering plant), rhynchocladium stayermarkii,
compsoneura
''Compsoneura'' is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World.Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=compsoneura It can ...
ulei (tree).
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 ...
*
Mining in Guyana
References
Bibliography
*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.
Rivers of Guyana
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