History, Colonialism, and Archival Methods in Socio-Hydrological Scholarship: A Case Study of the Boerasirie Conservancy in British Guiana

Mullenite, Joshua

doi:10.3390/world1030015

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“…Growth of the Guianas coastal plain on either side of these river mouths has been regulated by mud-bank welding, promoted by mangrove development, and by the formation of cheniers from river-borne sand (Anthony et al, 2019). The mouth of the Essequibo has been significantly modified by empoldering and agricultural activities that is a hallmark of much of the coast of Guyana (Anthony and Gratiot 2012;Vaughn 2017;Mullenite 2020;Oyedotun and Burningham, 2021), compared to the still relatively pristine mouth of the Maroni River. At the mouth of the Maroni, active fluvial sand supply has contributed to the formation of cheniers on the downdrift Suriname side (Gardel et al 2021).…”

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A remote sensing-based classification approach for river mouths of the Amazon-influenced Guianas coast

Gautier

Anthony

Santos³

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Reg Environ Change

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The mouths of the rivers on the 1500-km-long Guianas coast, South America, are strongly influenced by large mud banks migrating alongshore from the Amazon River. To probe this influence, a river-mouth morphological classification scheme was carried out from satellite images, complemented by data from rare previous studies of estuarine hydrodynamics. The classification highlights a variety of morphological and dynamic river-mouth types that are further influenced by both fluvial water discharge and fluvial catchment rock type. Three basic types are identified: (1) river mouths diverted westward by capes and spits built from multi-decadal to multi-millennial accumulation of mud supplied by the Amazon; among these, mouths close to the Amazon are fixed by bedrock surrounded by mud; (2) small river mouths in French Guiana fixed by outcrops of Precambrian rocks that form headlands devoid of Amazon mud; and (3) large river mouths characterized by high water discharge that imparts an orientation normal to the coast; the largest two belonging to this type (the Essequibo in Guyana and the Maroni on the border between French Guiana and Suriname) exhibit infilled mouths that are transitioning towards deltas. These river mouths show a tropical seasonal estuarine circulation regime strongly influenced by Amazon mud. The influence of mud from the distant Amazon constitutes a unique aspect of the river mouths on the Guianas coast. Field and modelling studies in the future will be needed in order to achieve better characterization of the influence of Amazon mud on the estuarine circulation systems and of the distribution of sediment types within these river mouths, including sand supplied by the rivers.

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Section: The Role Of Large River Dischargementioning

confidence: 99%

A remote sensing-based classification approach for river mouths of the Amazon-influenced Guianas coast

Gautier

Anthony

Santos³

et al. 2022

Reg Environ Change

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“Where Would I Go? There Was No Place with No Water”

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In the years immediately following a disastrous flood in 2005, the Guyanese state embarked on the multimillion-dollar enhancement of irrigation and drainage infrastructures. In August 2009 when I visited, earthmoving equipment dotted the coastline. These machines clawed through peatlands, locally known by the Creolese term pegasse, in an effort to reinforce a dam. Excavations were gaining momentum because of the state's plans for ventures in carbon markets and the World Bank's Global Environment Fa cil i ty grants. The enhancements were not the first in Guyana's history but were building on over two centuries of engineers transforming the country's Atlantic coastal region into a place suitable for sugar plantations. The state insisted that these enhancements were diff er ent because they would offer a first step toward adapting the nation to climate change. They are expected to help the country better withstand torrential rainstorms and make it easier to store and drain water during a flood. The extreme nature of today's climatic events has compelled the state's rethinking of coastal life in Guyana. This has led me to treat climate adaptation as requiring analy sis on its own terms, as a large-scale proj ect that alters understandings of settlement or introduction. "Where Would I Go?There Was No Place with No Water"

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History, Colonialism, and Archival Methods in Socio-Hydrological Scholarship: A Case Study of the Boerasirie Conservancy in British Guiana

Cited by 12 publications

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A remote sensing-based classification approach for river mouths of the Amazon-influenced Guianas coast

A remote sensing-based classification approach for river mouths of the Amazon-influenced Guianas coast

“Where Would I Go? There Was No Place with No Water”

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