Environmental GIS Data for Guyana: Rasters, Shapefiles, etc.

Environmental Layers, Maps, & Documents

Hydrology

	Major Rivers (shp) Major rivers in Guyana Source: Open Street Map
	Guyana's Rivers with Names (jpg) Source:Map of British Guiana, 1958. Department of Land and Mines, Georgetown
	Surface Water Resources Map showing surface water resources in Guyana. Source: US Army Corp of Engineers. See also Water Resource Assessment of Guyana
	Major Watersheds Source:
	Global Watersheds Tool Use this tool to delineate watersheds for any river or stream anywhere in Guyana. Simply click on a pour point and the watershed will be be delineated. Also, remember to click on 'Watershed Data Report' to generate a report of the watershed. To get a shapefile of the watershed, you can make a screenshot of the watershed, georeference it, and then digitize watershed Source: https://mghydro.com/watersheds/
	Coastline of Guyana (shp) Source: Digitized from ESRI base map.	(shp)

Geology

	Bedrock Geology of Guyana, 1:1000,000 (pdf) Source Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
	Mineral Occurrence, Guyana, 1:1000,000 (pdf) Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
	Location of Mines in Guyana (Interactive Map) Source: Diggings.Com
	Mineral Property Map, Guyana (Interactive Map)

Petroleum

	Guyana's Exclusive Economic Zone (200NM). Source: Flanders Marine Institute.
	Guyana's Exclusive Economic Zone (200NM) (shp) Source: Digitized by GuyNode from shapefile available at Flanders Marine Institute. Precision not guaranteed.
	Petroleum Blocks, Guyana (shp) Interactive map and shapefile of petroleum blocks within Guyana's maritime exclusive economic zone and coastal regions. Source: Interactive map and shapefile created by GuyNode using data from Oil Now and public domain maps.
	Exxon and Tullow's Oil Wells, Guyana (shp) Interactive map and shapefile of proven oil wells discovered since 2015 by ExxonMobil. Source: Digitized by GuyNode from maps obtained from ExxonMobil and other public domain maps.
	Cross Section of Selected Petroleum Blocks. Cross Section of the Orinduik Petroleum Block and Parts of the Kanuku and Stabroek Blocks. Source: Guyana Chronicle
	Petroleum Blocks, Guyana and Surinam (jpg) The map shows petroleum blocks and leaseholders of block licenses within Guyana and Surinam's maritime exclusive economic zone and coastal region. Source: Static.Seekingalpha.com.
	Overview of Exxon operations in Guyana
	Daily Oil and Gas Production Statistics, Guyana

Soil

	Various Soil Maps of Guyana. 1960s - 1: 1:60,000 scale maps of the coastal zone and immediate hinterland. FAO. 1960s - 1:1,000,000. Reconnaissance soil map of the entire country 1963. - Preliminary Soil-Associations Map of British Guiana Source: European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM)

Sea Defense

	Mangrove areas along Guyana's coast (png) Source: Presentation. Coastal Zone Management - Mangrove Restoration Project /MPI, Rudolph Adams, The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI). See page 13 for map.
	Sea Defense Districts Guyana sea defenses extend for 360 km and consist of natural and human structures. The area is subdivided into several districts for management purposes. Source: Final report. Coastal erosion along the coast of Guiana. Europe Aid Technical Assistance for Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening of the Sea Defenses. January, 2011.
	Coastline Modeling GIS-based Analysis and Modelling with Empirical and Remotely-Sensed Data on Coastline Advance and Retreat. Source: PhD Dissertation, Sajid Ahmad, University of Windsor, 2011.
	Guyana Coastal Database This is a local and web-based database of open geospatial data and analytical tools to support operational planning in areas such as coastal/marine disaster risk preparation and management, coastal conservation, and climate change planning . Source: https://www.gcdb.gy

Drainage and Irrigation

	Kokers and pumping stations, Georgetown (shp) Source: 'Analysis of Drainage Systems in Georgetown, Guyana, Delft University of Technology, November, 2016.' See pg 48 for map.Additional data source included Google Earth and Bing Maps.
	Kokers, Region 4 (shp), Incomplete Source: Various public domain documents including 'Analysis of Drainage Systems in Georgetown', 'Managing Flood Risk in Guyana', ESRI imagery, Google Maps, and Bing Maps.
	Boeraserie and East Demerara Water Conservancies (shp) Source: Government of GuyanaTask Force for Infrastructure Recovery, Final Report of the Special Advisor, July 2005, pp 23-24.
	Canals in the East Demerara Conservancy (shp) Map digitized by GuyNode.com Source: 'Government of Guyana Task Force for Infrastructure Recovery. Final Report of Special Adviser'. Downloaded July 2020 from this site. See pg 23 for map. Other source material included Google Earth, Open Street Map, and Bing Maps.
	East Demerara Conservancy Canals and Kokers (png) Source: 'Managing Flood Risk in Guyana. The Conservancy Adaptation Project 2008 - 2013. World Bank, Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana'. Downloaded August 2019 from this site. See page 23 for map. Other source material included Google Earth, Open Street Map, and Bing Maps.
	Flood Extent, 2005, East Demerara Conservancy (jpg) Source: 'Managing Flood Risk in Guyana. The Conservancy Adaptation Project 2008 - 2013. World Bank, Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana'. Downloaded August 2019 from this site. See page 9 for map. Other source material included Google Earth, Open Street Map, and Bing Maps.
	Guyana’s Billion-Dollar National Disaster: The May-June 2021 Floods Source: Trinidad and Tobago Weather Center
	Document. Guyana Floods, 2005, (pdf). Geotechnical and hydraulic assessment of the East Coast Demerara Water Conservancy Dam.
	Guyana Coastal Flood Protection Program Guyana Coastal Flood Protection Program. Inter-American Development Bank. Rehabilitation of the East Demerara and Boerasirie Water Conservancies. Assessment and Plan or Work. Victor M. Ponce, Consultant. 25th July, 2006.
	Boundary shapefile of theTapakuma Irrigation Scheme (shp) Digitizing and web map creation by GuyNode Source: 'Report and Recomendation of the President to the Executive Directors on a Proposed Loan to Guyana for Tapakuma Irrigation Project (English), June 1974'. Downloaded August 2019 from this site. See pg 27 for map.
	Boundary, Boeraserise Water Conservancy Digitizing and web map creation by GuyNode Source: 'Government of Guyana Task Force for Infrastructure Recovery. Final Report of Special Adviser'. Downloaded July 2020 from this site. See pg 28 for map.
	Mahaica-Mahaicony Irrigation Scheme (shp)
	Black Bush Polder Irrigation Scheme (shp) Digitizing and web map creation by GuyNode Source: 'Staff Appraisal Report. The Black Bush Irrigation Project Guyana, May 1978, World Bank'. Downloaded August 2019 from this site. See pg 89 for map.
	Major Water Control Initiatives (shp) Source: Map created by integrating maps of individual water control schemes. Additional insights obtained from the following paper: Water Control in Guyana, A. J. Strachan, Geography, Vol. 65, No. 4, 1980, pp. 297-304

Land

	Physiographic Regions (shapefile) Source
	Physiographic Regions (pdf) Source
	Guyana Forestry Commission Forest Allocation Map Interactive map showing forest allocations Source: Guyana Forestry Commission
	Wetlands Interactive map of global wetlands Source: Global Wetlands Interactive Map.
	Protected Areas (shp) Source
Land Use (Region 6)	View Source
	National Land Cover, Interactive Map, Guyana Source: ArcGIS Online
	Global Forest Watch, Interactive Map
	Document, National Land Use Plan, 2013 (pdf)
	Landuse, Region 3 ESRI interactive Web Map.

Agricultural Patterns

	Sugar Estates in Guyana, 1949 Source
	Guysuco Sugar Estates, 2009
	Rice Producing Areas, Guyana Source
	The Impacts of Climate Change on Rice Production and Small Farmers’ Adaptation: A Case of Guyana. PhD Thesis Source

Temperature and Rainfall

	Average Monthly Temp and Rainfall, 1901-2016 (csv) Source: World Bank
	Climographs Climographs for Guyana's main climate types: Tropical rainforest climate (Af); Tropical monsoon climate (Am); and Tropical savanna climate ((Aw). Source: climate-data.org
	Solar Resource maps of Guyana Source: World Bank

Disease Patterns

	Zika cases by regions, 2015-2016 (png) Source: PAHO
Malaria Patterns, Guyana (png)	View Source: Fit for Travel
Malaria Risk Areas, Guyana (pdf)	View Source: PAHO
	GuyNode's Covid-19 Dashboard, Guyana Get a big picture view of the Covid-19 situation in Guyana from GuyNode's dashboard. Data Source: World-O-Meter; Health.gov.gy; Our World in Data, Covid-19
	Microsoft Covid-19 Tracker, Guyana Bing's Covid19 Dashboard. Tracks Covid-19 spread on a daily basis.
	Distribution of Covid-19 Cases, Guyana, May, 2020 Cumulative Covid-19 Cases by Regional Democratic Councils as of May 7th, 2020. Region 4 and Region 10 were the regional hot spots. Source: Map created by GuyNode using data from Health.gov.gy	(shp)

Climate Change Predictions

	Sea Level Rise (Interactive Map). Source
	Surging Seas Risk Zone Map
	Global Temperature and Precipitation Predictions
	Global Drought Forecast Tool
Climate change impacts on water resources in Guyana (document)	View Source
	The challenge of climate change adaptation in Guyana (pdf document)

Disaster Management

	Estimation of the economic value of exposed assets Source: Standford Library

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