Geography of Venezuela Geography of Venezuela The Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth) is the name of the series of straights separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea. There are four Bocas, from west to east they are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Bocas del Dragón"
Chuao is a small village located in the northern coastal range of Venezuela. It was founded in the 16th century. The village is famous for its cacao plantations where some of the finest cocoa beans in the world are produced. The village is surrounded by mountains and dense rainforests in its south side, and by the Caribbean Sea on its northern side. There are no roads to access the site, and the approach is done by boat from the neighbouring Puerto Colombia, or by foot, crossing the mountain and the luxurious rainforest from Maracay on the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chuao"
The Coro System is one of the nine geographical regions into which Venezuela is divided, located at the northern occidental part of the country. Also called the Falcón-Lara Formation, the system is a mountanious shield that covers all of the Falcón State, half of the Lara State and the Yaracuy State, and small percentages of Zulia State and Carabobo State. It limitates the Caribbean Sea at the north and east, the Andes and the llanos at the south, and the Gulf of Venezuela at the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coro System"
The Deltaic System (Sistema Deltáico) is one of the nine geographical regions into which Venezuela is divided. It is located in the whole extension of Delta Amacuro State and a few kilometers of Monagas State, comprehending the totality of the mouths of the Orinoco. It is carachterized by being non-centric, lagoon lacking, and oceanic, somewhat similar to the delta of the Niger River. It is divided in two sections: the principal, at the northernmost part of the system, located between Caño Mánamo and the left shore of Caño Araguao, where the majority of villages are established, including the state capital, Tucupita; and the secondary, between the right shore of Caño Araguao and Río Grande. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deltaic System"
Venezuela is a country in Northern South America, and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana. It is situated on major sea and air routes linking North and South America. Located at the northernmost end of South America, Venezuela has a total area of 912,050 square kilometers and a land area of 882,050 square kilometers, about twice the size of California. Shaped roughly like an inverted triangle, the country has a 2,800-kilometer coastline and is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by Guyana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Colombia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Venezuela"
The Gulf of Venezuela is a gulf of the Caribbean Sea bounded by the Venezuelan states of Zulia and Falcón. A 54 km strait connects it with Lake Maracaibo to the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gulf of Venezuela"
Isla de Aves (Spanish for 'Island of Birds') is a tiny and remote Caribbean islet disputed as belonging to Venezuela, lying to the west of the Leeward Islands chain at . It is 375 meters in length and never more than 50 meters in width, and rises only 4 m above the sea on a calm day. It is sometimes completely submerged during hurricanes. It is 115 miles southwest of Montserrat, the nearest land. It is 70 miles west of Dominica and 340 miles north of the Venezuela mainland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isla Aves"
La Gran Sabana ( English: The Great Savannah) is one of the major attractions in Venezuela and is located in the south of Bolívar State on the Venezuelan- Brazilian border, approximately 1,400 km from Caracas. The area has a tropical humid climate with an average temperature of 28 ºC. In it live diverse indigenous groups, the most populous of them is the Pemón. The highest tepuy (mountain) is Roraima at 2,810 metres; its most important city is Santa Elena de Uairén with approximately 12,000 inhabitants. ...more on Wikipedia about "La Gran Sabana"
The Orinoco Belt is a territory which occupies the southern strip of the eastern Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela. Its local Spanish name is Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco (Orinoco Petroleum Belt). ...more on Wikipedia about "Orinoco Belt"
San Diego is a town to the north of Lake Valencia in Venezuela, located in Carabobo State. It is an agricultural centre. ...more on Wikipedia about "San Diego, Carabobo"
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