Grade Five Social Studies

What are the main resources found in Region One?

1) Gold and Diamond 2) Timber

3) Ground Provision 4) Coffee

5) Fruits

From 2B What Are The Main Economic Activities?

● Logging

● Mining (gold, diamond)

● Agriculture (coffee, ground provisions, fruits)

Fact/Tip: Several beaches are present in this region. The famous ones are known to be nesting grounds for turtles. Shell Beach is one of them. It is the only beach in the world where four species of turtle nest during the season from April to August. The world’s largest turtle, “the giant leatherback” nests on this beach.

Shell Beach

Shell Beach located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana in the Barima-Waini Region One, near the Venezuelan border, is a nesting site for four of the eight sea turtle species - the Green, Hawksbill turtleill, Leather-back, and the Olive Ridley. Shell Beach extends for approximately 120 km.

Other Beaches:

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Almond Beach ● Turtle Beach ● Father’s Beach ●

Luri Beach ● Foxes Beach ●

Irmpunt Beach

Guyana’s Giant Leatherback Turtle

The giant leatherback turtle can live up to 30 years, some reports claim up to 50 years while some upper estimates exceed 100 years. The leatherback is sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth. It is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilians. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell; its carapace is covered by skin and oily flesh. It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae.

Did you know?

1.

Leatherback turtles are named for their shell, which is leather-like rather than hard, like other turtles.

2. The leatherbacks have the greatest migratory distribution of any reptile on the planet.

Answer the questions on Administrative Regions 1) What is the name of Region Eight? ________________________

2) Which Administrative Region is named Pomeroon Supenaam ____________________________________________

3) Guyana is divided into ___________________________ Administrative Regions

Until next time, stay safe, Boys and Girls!

Today we looked at the Administrative Regions of Guyana. Guyana is divided into ten Administrative Regions. In our next lesson, we are going to examine Administrative Region Two: Pomeroon Supenaam.