File:Kaart van het Guianaschild - Zuid Amerika.png

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Map showing the extent of Precambrian rocks in the Guiana Shield

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Nederlands: Het Guianaschild is een geologisch schild (een gebied waar zeer oud gesteente aan het aardoppervlak ligt) in het noordoosten van Zuid-Amerika. Het Guianaschild is onderdeel van het Amazonekraton. Het wordt gevormd door Proterozoïsche gesteenten en is tussen 2,5 en 1,9 miljard jaar oud.

Het Guianaschild vormt de ondergrond van het Hoogland van Guyana. Op deze hoger gelegen gedeeltes bevinden zich tafelbergen (tepui's genoemd), zoals de Roraima-tafelberg (2875 meter) en watervallen, zoals de Angelwaterval in het Venezolaanse Nationaal park Canaima.

Het Guianaschild strekt zich uit over het grondgebied van Guyana, Suriname, Frans-Guyana, delen van Colombia, Venezuela tot aan de Orinoco en het noorden van Brazilië tot aan de Amazone.

Hier is gebruikt gemaakt van de grenzen van Suriname zoals gepubliceerd op de website van de overheid van de Republiek Suriname.

De belangrijkste rivieren zijn de Orinoco en de Rio Negro, een belangrijke zijrivier van de Amazone.
English: The Guiana Shield is a geological shield (an area where very old rocks lie on the Earth's surface) in northeastern South America. The Guiana Shield is part of the Amazon Craton. It is formed by Proterozoic rocks and is between 2.5 and 1.9 billion years old.

The Guiana Shield forms the subsoil of the Guiana Highlands. On these higher parts there are table mountains (called tepuis), such as the Roraima table mountain (2875 meters) and waterfalls, such as the Angel Waterfall in the Venezuelan Canaima National Park.

The Guiana Shield extends over the territory of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, parts of Colombia, Venezuela up to the Orinoco and northern Brazil up to the Amazon.

The most important rivers are the Orinoco and the Rio Negro, an important tributary of the Amazon.
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