The Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro is a cave in the
Sierra de Falcón The Sierra de Falcón consists of a series of mountains located in Venezuela's Falcón State of relatively low altitude, mostly formed by the Sierra de San Luis and the Sierra de Churuguara. They have an east–west orientation and are part of the ...
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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 is an active river cave, through which flows the largest known underground watercourse in Venezuela. It is protected as the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro National Park.
Wildlife
Like the
Cueva del Guácharo National Park, it has a population of oil-birds (
steatornis caripensis).
External links
Caves of Venezuela
National parks of Venezuela
Protected areas established in 1961
Geography of Falcón
1961 establishments in Venezuela
Tourist attractions in Falcón
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