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The Ciénagas del Catatumbo National Park () Also Catatumbo Marshes National Park or Ciénagas de Juan Manuel National Park Is a
protected area
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of Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
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The park is the second natural park of the Zulia state
Zulia State (, ; Wayuu language, Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the States of Venezuela, 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Vene ...
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It includes a segment of the Catatumbo moist forests
The Catatumbo moist forests (NT0108) is an ecoregion in Venezuela and Colombia to the west and east of Lake Maracaibo.
It includes four regions of tropical moist lowland forest, moist forest on slightly higher ground than the tropical dry forest, ...
ecoregion.
It is located in the wide plain between the Serranía del Perija and Maracaibo Lake
Lake Maracaibo () is located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo (state), Trujillo, and Mérida (state), Mérida. While Maracaibo is commonly referred to as a lake, its current hydrological characteristics may better ...
. The temperature ranges from 22 degrees to 32 degrees, with a very high humidity. The area is known throughout the country by a strange magnetic phenomenon, it is an unusually frequent electric discharge that falls on the plain and does not give thunder.
The area comprises a wide swamp between the plains of western Zulia and the lake of Maracaibo, which also covers a small stretch of coast in the south-western area. It is predominantly a large boggy territory, with no prominent peaks or large unevenness or isometric variations, at the mouth of the Catatumbo River. It is also known in Venezuela as Aguas Blancas and Aguas Negras or Ciénagas de Juan Manuel. In the vicinity there is the fluvial port of Foundados, important logistic internodo of the lake of Maracaibo and of south-western Venezuela.
See also
*List of national parks of Venezuela
The national parks of Venezuela are protected areas in Venezuela covering a wide range of habitats. In 2007 there were 43 national parks, covering 21.76% of Venezuela's territory.
Statistics
Every States of Venezuela, Venezuela state has one or ...
*Canaima National Park
Canaima National Park () is a park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the La Gran Sabana, Gran Sabana region. It is located in Bolívar State (Venezuela), Bolívar State, reaching the borders with Brazil and Guya ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cienagas del Catatumbo, National Park National parks of Venezuela Protected areas established in 1991