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Mazaruni

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Mazaruni (mäzər`nē), river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Guiana Highlands, NW Guyana, and flowing generally E to the Essequibo River at Bartica. The river is the center of Guyana's diamond industry.


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BRITISH GUIANA: Region Essequibo, Takutu 240 m, 01[degrees] 21' 33" N, 58[degrees] 46' 22" W, Clarke 2795 (NY); Mazaruni.
2 million loan to Mazaruni Granite Products (MGP), a Guyana granite firm, as part of a four-phased production plan aimed at improving production and increasing efficiency, reports CANA (February 24, 1999).
In Guyana, for example, new, more efficient dredges introduced into the Upper Mazaruni region in recent years produce so much silt as to make water undrinkable as far as 40 miles downstream, according to a 1990 report in New Scientist magazine.
 
 
 
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