The Kwitaro River is a tributary of the Rupununi River in
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 ...
.
The Kwitaro is a part of the Rewa River Basin, which is a tributary of the Rupununi River in the larger Essequibo drainage system and within
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo. It lies at approximately 120 m. elevation. River depth is highly variable,
and water level by altimetry varies from a low of 86.53 m. to a high of 94.28 m.; averaging 89.30 m.
Vegetation is lowland seasonally inundated and terra firma evergreen tropical forest.
The Kwitaro breaks off into Pobawau Creek (3º16’3.1”N, 58º46’42.7”W). Cacique Mountain (3º11’29.5”N, 58º48’42.0”W) is 10 km. southwest of Pobawau Creek.
Economy and Settlement
The area is mostly untouched, but has had human impact evidenced from slashes on balata trees that indicate bleeding for latex.
Mining, usually in the form of
dredging
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...
, is prohibited. It is an important waterway for
Wapishana people.
Amerindian villages that are a part of the Kwitaro River ecosystem include
Aishalton
Aishalton is an Amerindian village that is situated in the Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (Region 9) of the country.
It is the administrative centre for the southern sub-district of Region 9. I ...
,
Awarewaunau,
Maruranau and Shea.
See also
*
List of rivers of Guyana
References
* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Guyana
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