Venezuela: Venezuela Geography Profile 2012
2012/04/06
Venezuela Geography Profile 2012
Water
Climate
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana
8 00 N, 66 00 W
South America
slightly more than twice the size of California
4,993 km
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds
subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts
sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from irresponsible mining operations
on major sea and air routes linking North and South America; Angel Falls in the Guiana Highlands is the world's highest waterfall
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