Escalante River (Venezuela)

	Escalante River (Venezuela) The Escalante River ( es, Rio Escalante) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo. The river rises in the Venezuelan Andes. It then flows through the Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion before emptying into Lake Maracaibo. See also List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean Amazon River, Amazon Basin ''Amazon River'' (Brazil) Rio ... References Rivers of Venezuela {{Venezuela-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lake Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo; Anu: Coquivacoa) is a lagoon in northwestern Venezuela, the largest lake in South America and one of the oldest on Earth, formed 36 million years ago in the Andes Mountains. The fault in the northern section has collapsed and is rich in oil and gas resources. It is Venezuela's main oil producing area and an important fishing and agricultural producing area. It is inhabited by a quarter of the country's population and is also the place with the most frequent lightning on earth. The famous Catatumbo lightning can illuminate nighttime navigation, and eutrophication caused by oil pollution is a major environmental problem facing the lake. Geography Lake Maracaibo is located in the Maracaibo lowland in the faulted basin between the Perija Mountains and the Merida Mountains of the Eastern Cordillera Mountains in northwestern Venezuela. The lake is in the shape of a vase. It is 210 kilometers long from north to south, 121 kilometers wide from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Venezuelan Andes The Venezuelan Andes (Spanish: ''Andes Venezolanos'') also simply known as the Andes (Spanish: ''Los Andes'') in Venezuela, are a mountain system that form the northernmost extension of the Andes. They are fully identified, both by their geological origin as by the components of the relief, the constituent rocks and the geological structure. The Venezuelan Andean system represents the terminal bifurcation of the Cordillera Oriental de Colombia, which in Venezuelan territory consists of two mountainous branches: the Sierra de Perijá, smaller, slightly displaced from southwest to northeast with 7,500 km2 in Venezuela; and a larger, frankly oriented Southwest to northeast with about 40,000 km2, the Cordillera de Mérida, commonly known as the proper Venezuelan Andes. The highest point in Venezuela is located in this natural region.Pérez et al (Sep. 2005)"Alturas del Pico Bolívar y otras cimas andinas venezolanas a partir de observaciones Gps."INCI v.30, n.4, Caracas sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maracaibo Dry Forests The Maracaibo dry forests (NT0222) is an ecoregion in Venezuela around Lake Maracaibo. It contains the country's main oil fields. The habitat is criss-crossed by roads and is severely degraded by farming and livestock grazing. Geography Location The Maracaibo dry forests surround Lake Maracaibo in northwest Venezuela. The ecoregion has an area of . Most of the ecoregion is in Zulia state, with some in Trujillo state. In many areas the lake is fringed with Amazon–Orinoco–Southern Caribbean mangroves. To the north of the lake the western part of the ecoregion merges into Guajira–Barranquilla xeric scrub, while the eastern part merges into Paraguana xeric scrub to the north and east. To the southeast the dry forests are replaced by Venezuelan Andes montane forests. The ecoregion is bounded by the Catatumbo moist forests to the south and southwest, and Cordillera Oriental montane forests to the west. There are large patches of Catatumbo moist forests on high land within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Rivers Of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean Amazon River, Amazon Basin * ''Amazon River'' (Brazil) Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro * Casiquiare canal ** Baria River * Yatuá River Siapa River Pasimoni River * Guainía River **** Conorochite River Essequibo River, Essequibo Basin * ''Essequibo River'' (Guyana) ''Mazaruni River'' (Guyana) * Cuyuni River ** Wenamu River Corumpo River Yuruarí River Supamo River * Kamarang River Orinoco Basin * Orinoco, Orinoco River Orinoco Delta, Rio Grande (distributary, empties into the Boca Grande) * Barima River * Amacuro River * Cuyubini River * Aguirre River Caño Araguao (distributary) Caño Mariusa (distributary) Caño Macareo (distributary) Caño Tucupita (distributary) Caño Mánamo (distributary, empties into the Gulf of Paria) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]