Venezuela is located between 1-12 degrees Longitude (N) and 60-73 degrees Latitude (W), therefore, entirely in the Tropics. Occupying the far Northeastern part of South America is bordered by Brazil ... More
Most observers describe Venezuela in terms of four fairly well-defined regions: the Maracaibo lowlands in the northwest, the northern mountains extending in a broad east-west arc from the Colombian ... More
All the Northern of South America countries lie within the tropics. A tropical cyclone is a meteorological term for a storm system characterized by a low pressure system center and thunderstorms that ... More
Three major river basins between the high mountains and lower plateaus dominate South America. Tributaries of the Orinoco River primarily drain the largest area of lower land in Colombia and ... More
The Apure River is a river of western Venezuela, formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near Guasdualito, in Venezuela. Most of the streams that ultimately form the Apure originate in ... More
The Arauca River (Spanish: Río Arauca) rises in the Andes Mountains of north-central Colombia and ends at the Orinoco in Venezuela. For part of its run it is the boundary between Colombia and ... More
The Caroní River is a major river of the Orinoco basin in South America, having its source in South Eastern Venezuela, in the Guiana Highlands. It is a blackwater river, with the dark color of the ... More
The Meta River is formed in the Meta Department, Colombia by the confluence of the Humea, Guatiquía and Guayuriba rivers. It flows east-northeastward across the Llanos Orientales plains of Colombia ... More
Branco River of Venezuela is also known as Rio Branco in Portuguese. Branco River of Venezuela originates just above the Boa Vista at the junction of the Rio Uraricoera, which rises in the Serra ... More
The Negro Amazon River is famous as one of the crucial rivers of the country and the biggest left bank tributary of the river Amazon. The Rio Negro Amazon River Venezuela is one of its kinds, being ... More
Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish lake in Venezuela at 10°39′N, 71°36′W and the largest lake in South America. It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by a 55km strait on the northern edge of the ... More
Lake Valencia (Spanish: Lago de Valencia) in Carabobo and Aragua estados (states), central Venezuela. Lying in a basin in the Cordillera de la Costa (Maritime Andes) of the central highlands at an ... More
Venezuela is home to an enormous variety of animals and plants, and is one of the most biodiversity regions in the world. The evolution of the country's flora and fauna was the result of two ... More
Tropical soil is not nutrient rich like many temperate soil regions. Soils beneath the forest vary, but the areas of good soils are small, apart from the flooded areas close to sediment-carrying ... More
The process by which Venezuela came into being as a nation can be divided into three stages: discovery, conquest and settlement. The shores of Venezuela were discovered by Christopher Columbus on his ... More
Population Geography focuses on the number, composition, and distribution of human beings in relation to variations in the conditions of earth space. Population dynamics such as growth settlement ... More