The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 14 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. The Potaro and the Kaieteur Falls. Lower down tlie Essequibo is joined by the Burroburro and Potaro rivers, both flowino- from the foothills of the Pacaraima uplands, and in their descent tumbling over numerous cascades and rapids. The Kaieteur Falls, formed by the waters of Fig. 5.—EssEauiBO and Upper Eio Beanco Basins. Scale 1 : ,000. Depths Bapids or Cataracts. 0 to 5 6 to 25 25 Fathoms Fathoms. Fathoms. aud upwards. 125 Miles the Potaro about the middle of its course, are amongst the fin
The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 14 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. The Potaro and the Kaieteur Falls. Lower down tlie Essequibo is joined by the Burroburro and Potaro rivers, both flowino- from the foothills of the Pacaraima uplands, and in their descent tumbling over numerous cascades and rapids. The Kaieteur Falls, formed by the waters of Fig. 5.—EssEauiBO and Upper Eio Beanco Basins. Scale 1 : ,000. Depths Bapids or Cataracts. 0 to 5 6 to 25 25 Fathoms Fathoms. Fathoms. aud upwards. 125 Miles the Potaro about the middle of its course, are amongst the finest in Guiana and even in the whole world. Yet their very existence was absolutely unknown to Europeans till the year 1871, when they were discovered by Mr, C. Barrington Brown, at that time engaged on a geological survey of the British Colony. Here
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