Guiana Shield Guiana Shield The Guiana Shield is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1.7 billion-year-old Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America that forms a portion of the northern coast. The higher elevations on the shield are called the Guiana Highlands, which is where the table-like mountains called tepuis are found. The Guiana Highlands are also the source of some of the world's most spectacular waterfalls such as Angel Falls, Kaieteur Falls and Kuquenan Falls. The Guiana Shield underlies Guyana (previously British Guiana), Suriname (previously Dutch Guiana) and French Guiana (or Guyane), most of
Little Falls-South Windham, Maine Little Falls-South Windham, Maine Little Falls-South Windham was a census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, Maine, United States defined for the 2000 census. The population of the CDP was 1,792 at the time. Because of new CDP guidelines for 2010, the CDP has been split into two CDPs: Little Falls and South Windham. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Little Falls-South Windham is located at (43.731790, -70.420378). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , of which was land and , or 5.18%, was water. It was divided