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On the island of

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

, the Naparima Plain is a broad lowland area on the west between the

Central Range Central Range, Central Mountains, or Central Mountain Range may refer to several ranges of mountains, including: * Central Range, New Guinea * Central Range, Taiwan * Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago * Central Range, Venezuela See also * Cent ...

and the

Southern Range On the island of Trinidad, the Southern Range is a discontinuous chain of low hills along the southern coast, reaching their highest altitude in the high Trinity Hills of the southeast. According to legend, the sight of the three neighboring hill ...

(see map); the lowland area on the east is the

Nariva Plain On the island of Trinidad, the Nariva Plain is a lowland area on the east between the Central Range and the Southern Range; the lowland area on the west is the Naparima Plain. To the north of the Central Range is the Caroni Plain. The lowland a ...

. To the north of the Central Range is the Caroni Plain. The Oropouche river flows through the Naparima Plain and drains into the Oropouche Lagoon, a swampy area, on the Gulf of Paria coast. The northern region of the Naparima Plain has alluvial soil; the southern region is sandy and less fertile. The

Banwari Trace Banwari Trace, an Archaic (pre-ceramic) site in southwestern Trinidad, is the oldest archaeological site in the Caribbean. The site has revealed two separate periods of occupation; one between 7200 and 6100 BP (Strata I and II) and the other ...

archaeological site, the oldest site in the Caribbean, is located in the Naparima Plains (Oropouche River plains).

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References

*{{citation, last1=Black, first1=Jan Knippers, series=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies, title=Area handbook for Trinidad and Tobago, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNpZ_SU4CkMC, accessdate=14 October 2013, year=1976, publisher=Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Plains of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad (island)