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- <p><center><font size=+1>SEKINO'S REPORT</font></center>
- <blockquote><font size=+1><strong>THE GUIANA HIGHLAND</font></strong><br>
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- <dd>In the northern part of the South American continent, where Venezuela,
- Brazil and Guyana come together, there are mountains enveloped in clouds
- and fog all year-round that create an eerie scenery. There are vertical
- cliffs 1,000 meters high with weird-shaped crags on their summits, yawning
- cracks hundreds of meters deep, and reddish-black rivers flowing over rough
- exposed bedrock. The earth's crust here forms what is called the Roraima
- Shield. Created two billion years ago, it is the oldest geological
- formation in the world.
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- <dd>On the summit of Table Mountain, there are many unique plants and animals
- that have evolved independently. The high cliffs have prevented
- intercourse with other mountains and the surrounding forests and savanna.
- The rain that falls on the table-shaped mountain quickly emerges from the
- surrounding cliffs to form hundreds, perhaps thousands, of waterfalls.
- Among them is the highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls, 979 meters
- high.
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