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The description of geography heavily ranges as Daunt travels through Venezuela. The landscape can range from mountainous, to heavy tropics, and even dry, flat lands. [ 37 ] The natural water from the many different rivers within Venezuela led to lush forests that supported and facilitated wildlife. [ 38 ]
The Climate of Venezuela is characterized for being tropical and megathermal as a result of its geographical location near the Equator, but because of the topography and the dominant wind direction, several climatic types occur which can be the same as found in temperate latitudes, and even polar regions. Latitude exerts little influence on the ...
An enlargeable relief map of Venezuela. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Venezuela: Venezuela – sovereign country located in northern South America. [1] It comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Venezuela as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial. Venezuela is in the Neotropical realm.
In the evaluation of a natural region, the human element is not present. The natural region groups of Venezuela formed as a consequence of the association of geo-physical elements such as: geological constitution, relief, climate, hydrography, vegetation, soils, among others. [1] The regional groups that make up the Venezuelan territory are: [2]
The Regions of Venezuela (Spanish: Regiones de Venezuela) are two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies.Venezuela's natural regions (Regiones naturales) are divided by natural geography, and administrative regions (Regiones político-administrativas) are delineated for the purpose of regional administration.
Venezuela has 43 national parks and 36 natural monuments, and is the country in Latin America with the largest proportion of protected lands, with over 55 percent of its total territory. (Parks and monuments are only 17 percent of that total; the remaining protected areas are outside those parks and monuments.)
Topographic map of Venezuela Pictorial map of Venezuela. Venezuela is located in the north of South America; geologically, its mainland rests on the South American Plate. It has a total area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi) and a land area of 882,050 km 2 (340,560 sq mi), making Venezuela the 33rd largest country in the world.