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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 ...
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By drainage basin

This list is arranged by
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.


Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...


Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...
Basin

* ''Amazon River'' (Brazil) ** Rio Negro ***
Casiquiare canal The Casiquiare river () is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the world's largest ...
**** Baria River *****
Yatuá River Yatuá River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Amazon River basin. 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 inde ...
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Siapa River Siapa River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Amazon River basin. 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 inden ...
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Pasimoni River The Pasimoni River ( es, Rio Pasimoni) is a river in the state of Amazonas, Venezuela. It is a tributary of the Casiquiare canal, in turn a tributary of the Rio Negro. The Pasimoni forms on the northern slope of the Cerro de la Neblina and flows ...
*** Guainía River **** Conorochite River


Essequibo Essequibo is the largest traditional region of Guyana but not an administrative region of Guyana today. It may also refer to: * Essequibo River, the largest river in Guyana * Essequibo (colony), a former Dutch colony in what is now Guyana; * Esseq ...
Basin

* ''Essequibo River'' (Guyana) ** ''Mazaruni River'' (Guyana) *** Cuyuni River **** Wenamu River **** Corumpo River ****
Yuruarí River Yuruarí River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Essequibo River basin. 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 ...
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Supamo River Supamo River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Essequibo River basin. 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 i ...
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Kamarang River Kamarang River is a river in Venezuela and Guyana, and a part of the Essequibo River basin. Route The river originates in Venezuela where it is called Río Camarán or Río Camurán. Its source is located right next to the Troncal 10, in the mid ...


Orinoco Basin

* Orinoco River **
Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio G ...
(distributary, empties into the Boca Grande) ***
Barima River The Barima River is a tributary of the Orinoco River, entering from the Atlantic Ocean. It originates from the Imataka Mountains in Guyana, flowing for approximately before entering Venezuela about from its mouth. Features Early recorded exp ...
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Amacuro River The Amacuro River is a river in South America. It forms part of the northern section of the international boundary between Venezuela and Guyana. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. The river boundary is a part of the Guyana-Venezuela border d ...
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Cuyubini River Cuyubini River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 i ...
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Aguirre River Aguirre River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 in ...
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Caño Araguao Caño is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,788. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrio ...
(distributary) ** Caño Mariusa (distributary) ** Caño Macareo (distributary) ** Caño Tucupita (distributary) **
Caño Mánamo Caño is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,788. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrio ...
(distributary, empties into the
Gulf of Paria The Gulf of Paria ( ; es, Golfo de Paria) is a shallow (180 m at its deepest) semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. It separates the two countries ...
) *** Tigre River ****
Morichal Largo River Morichal Largo River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 tribu ...
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Urecoa River Urecoa River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ind ...
** Caroní River ***
Paragua River The Paragua River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. It is the largest tributary of the Caroní River. The river drains the Guayanan Highlands moist forests ecoregion. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This i ...
**** Asa River ****
Uinebona River Uinebona River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ...
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Carutu River Carutu River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ind ...
*** Carrao River ****
Churún River The Churún River () is a river in Venezuela, part of the Orinoco River basin. It is located around , in Canaima National Park and a tributary comes from the Angel Falls Angel Falls ( es, Salto Ángel; Pemon language: ''Kerepakupai Merú'' me ...
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Icabarú River Icabarú River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ...
*** Acaruay River *** Aponguao River *** Cuquenán River ** Caris River ** Aro River ***
Arisa River Arisa River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 inde ...
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Carapo River Carapo River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ind ...
** Pao River ** Guaicupa River ** Cabrutica River ** Mapire River ** Caura River *** Mato River ***
Erebato River Erebato River is a river of Venezuela, tributary of the Caura River. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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, ...
*** Merevarí River ** Zuata River **
Iguana River Iguana River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ind ...
** Cuchivero River **
Manapire River Manapire River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 i ...
** Guariquito River *** Mocapra River **
Apure River The Apure River is a river of southwestern Venezuela, formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near Guasdualito, in Venezuela, at , and flowing across the Llanos into the Orinoco. It provides significant transportation in the area. Orig ...
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Guárico River Guárico River is a river in 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 l ...
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Orituco River Orituco River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 in ...
***** Memo River ***
Portuguesa River The Portuguesa River (Spanish: ''Río Portuguesa'', also ''Río la Portuguesa'', ''Río de la Portuguesa'') is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin, and is a tributary of the Apure River (which is, in turn, a tributary of the ...
**** Guanare River ***** Caño Guanaparo or Guanare Viejo ***** Bocono River ****
Tiznados River Tiznados River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 i ...
**** Pao River **** Cojedes River ***** San Carlos River ****** Tinaco River *****
Turbio River The Turbio River (or Rio Turbio in Spanish) rises in a mountainous region of the Argentine Andes and discharges to the Última Esperanza Sound in Chile. Río Turbio headwaters are in a part of the Andes where there is no central valley, or gap be ...
**** Acarigua River **** Quache River ***
Caucagua River Caucagua River is a river of Venezuela, a tributary of the Tuy River. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. Tributaries include the Pacairigua River, Guarenas River, Araira River. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rive ...
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Masparro River Masparro River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 i ...
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Santo Domingo River Santo Domingo River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 tributa ...
*** Pagüey River *** Canagua River *** Caparo River *** Sarare River ***
Uribante River The Uribante River is a river of Venezuela, a tributary of the Apure River. The river is in the Orinoco basin. It drains part of the southern slope of the Táchira depression. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in ...
** Arauca River *** Cunaviche River ***
Matiyure River Matiyure River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ...
**** Orichuna River or Arichuna **
Chiviripa River Chiviripa River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ...
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Capanaparo River Capanaparo River is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. In Venezuela together with the Cinaruco River, other smaller rivers and the area around them they form the Santos Luzardo National Park since 1988. Se ...
** Suapure River **
Cinaruco River Cinaruco River is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. It has partially clear tanic waters. In Venezuela this river is part of the Santos Luzardo National Park since the year 1988. The Cinaruco River together ...
** Parguaza River ** Meta River ** Sipapo River *** Cuao River ***
Autana River The Autana River (Río Autana) is a blackwater river of Venezuela, a tributary of the Sipapo River in the middle Orinoco River basin.Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Course Its headwaters lie in the western portion of the Guiana S ...
*** Guayapo River ** Atabapo River **
Ventuari River The Ventuari River is the largest tributary of the Orinoco in southern Venezuela. The Ventuari flows from south-central Venezuela in the Guiana Highlands southwest into the Orinoco River. It is long and its major tributary is the Manapiare River ...
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Parú River Parú River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 inde ...
*** Marieta River ***
Manapiare River Manapiare River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ...
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Cunucunuma River Cunucunuma River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 ...
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Casiquiare canal The Casiquiare river () is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the world's largest ...
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Padamo River Padamo River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. 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 in ...
*** Matacuni River ** Ocamo River ** Mavaca River ** Manaviche River


Gulf of Paria

* Caño Mánamo listed under Orinoco *
Guanipa River Guanipa River is a river of north-eastern Venezuela. It flows into the Gulf of Paria. 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 tribut ...
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Amana River Amana River is a river of north-eastern Venezuela. It flows into the Gulf of Paria, via the Guanipa River. 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, ...
* San Juan River **
Guarapiche River Guarapiche River is a river of north-eastern Venezuela. It flows into the San Juan River. Course Its origin is in the canyon named Puertas de Miraflores in the Turimiquire Range. Together with it flows into a short body named Caño Francés w ...


Caribbean Sea

* Manzanares River * Neverí River **
Aragua River Aragua River flows into the endorheic Lake Valencia in Aragua State, Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of ...
* Unare River ** Güere River ** Tamanaco River * Guapo River *
Tuy River The Tuy River is a river of northern Venezuela, in the Valles del Tuy (Tuy Valleys) of Miranda State. The principal river of Miranda, it flows north from Aragua State through Miranda into the Caribbean Sea. Tributaries include the Guaire River, th ...
* Capayo River * Aroa River *
Yaracuy River The Yaracuy River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into the Caribbean Sea. 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 ind ...
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Tocuyo River The Tocuyo River ( es, Río Tocuyo) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into the Caribbean Sea. The river drains part of the Lara-Falcón dry forests ecoregion. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By d ...
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Hueque River Hueque River is a river of northern Venezuela. It flows into the Caribbean Sea. The river drains part of the Lara-Falcón dry forests ecoregion. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By drainage basin Th ...
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Monay River Monay River is a river of northern Venezuela. It flows into the Caribbean Sea. 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 i ...
** Pedregal River * Maticora River * Limón River ** Socuy River **
Guasare River Guasare River is a river of northern Venezuela. It flows into the Caribbean Sea. 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 ...


Lake Maracaibo

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Motatán River The Motatán River ( es, Rio Motatán) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo. The river flows through the Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion before emptying into Lake Maracaibo from the east. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela ...
* Chama River * Escalante River * Catatumbo River ** Zulia River *** ''Pamplonita River'' (Colombia) **** Táchira River **
Tarra River The Tarra River is a river of Colombia. It drains into Lake Maracaibo via the Catatumbo River. Several discredited claims of large monkey-like creatures originated in this region. See also *List of rivers of Colombia Atlantic Ocean Amazon R ...
* Tucuro River * Apón River *
Palmar River The Palmar River ( es, Rio El Palmar) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo. The Palmar River rises in the Serranía del Perijá. In its lower reaches it flows through an area of the Catatumbo moist forests ecoregion. It then flo ...


Lake Valencia

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Tapatapa River The Tapatapa River (El Limon) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Valencia. 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 tribut ...
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Güey River The Güey River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Valencia. 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 ...
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Turmero River The Turmero River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Valencia. 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 indent ...
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Aragua River Aragua River flows into the endorheic Lake Valencia in Aragua State, Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of ...
* Tocorón River * Güigüe River * Caño Central **
Cabriales River History In 1547 the river that flowed northwest into Lake Tacarigua (today, Lake Valencia) was first seen by the expeditionary Juan de Villegas and the other men he commanded when they took possession of these lands. Since ancient times, the ...
* Los Guayos River * Guacara River * Ereigue River *
Cura River The Cura River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Valencia. 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 ...
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Mariara River The Mariara River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Valencia. 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 indent ...


See also

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List of rivers of the Americas by coastline This list of rivers of the Americas by coastline includes the major coastal rivers of the Americas arranged by country. A link to a map of rivers with known coordinates is listed at right. The ocean coasts are demarcated as follows: *Arctic ...


References

* León A, Rafael de. y Rodríguez Díaz, Alberto J. 1976: El Orinoco aprovechado y recorrido. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana y Ministerio de Obras Públicas. Caracas. 216p. * Zinck, Alfred. 1986. Venezuelan Rivers. Cuadernos Lagoven Lagoven, S.A. Caracas. 64p. * Gines, H. 1992: Los grandes ríos suramericanos. Ediciones Corpoven. Caracas. 44p. * McNally, Rand. 1993: The New International Atlas.
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