Mount Roraima 

Author:Diana ZdanovskaShpogy Secondary school

Form 8a

• Roraima is an interesting mountain located in the Guiana Highlands. The mountains highest point is Maverick Rock which is at and on the Venezuela side.

• The Guiana Highlands is a very unusual mountain range covering parts of Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The highlands are made of ancient sedimentary rock that is over two billion years old and are some of the oldest sedimentary rocks on the planet.

• The mountain is known as a Tepui, which describes a flat-topped mountain with vertical sides. Many waterfalls spill off Roraima, and the other Tepuis.

A view of the big walls of Roraima from the highest point of the Tepui. A view of the big walls of Roraima from the highest point of the Tepui. TThe mountains highest point 2,810 metres at the south end and wholly he mountains highest point 2,810 metres at the south end and wholly

within Venezuela.within Venezuela.

• The mountain also serves as the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.

• Mount Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield in the southeastern corner of Venezuela's 30,000-square-kilometre.

• There are many interesting plants , including many carnivorous plants, ones that eat insects. There is little soil on top because the constant rains wash it away.

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