The Escalante River ( es, Rio Escalante) is a river of
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 th ...
. It drains into
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 se ...
.
The river rises in the
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 geologic ...
.
It then flows through the
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 ...
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
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