The Motatán River ( es, Rio Motatán) is a river of
Venezuela. 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 ...
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The river flows through the
Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion before emptying into Lake Maracaibo from the east.
See also
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List of rivers of Venezuela
References
Rivers of Venezuela
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