The three-way drainage divide — the point at which precipitation literally falls on the same mountain and ends up in three different ocean-bound river systems — is one of the geographical facts about Roraima that is genuinely remarkable.

Standing on the tripoint — the specific spot where the borders of Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil meet, at the southern tip of the summit — you are at a place where water falling on different sides of you will complete entirely different journeys to the sea.

The Amazon basin is the largest river drainage in the world by volume of water.

The Orinoco is one of the largest rivers in South America.

The Essequibo is the largest river in Guyana.