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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 ...
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 border along the Caribbean Sea, the wide Orinoco plains in central Venezuela, and rank highly dissected Guiana highlands in the southeast.
An enlargeable topographic map of Venezuela. Geography of Venezuela. Venezuela is: a megadiverse country; Location: Northern Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere. Latin America. South America; Time zone: Venezuelan Standard Time ; Extreme points of Venezuela High: Pico Bolívar 4,981 m (16,342 ft) Low: Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia −12 m (−39 ft)
The climate is tropical, although it varies according to the zones; thus, the low areas present high temperatures, which reach 27 °C (81 °F) on average, and abundant rainfall. Depending on the altitude, which is varied, there is a diversity of climates, from torrid to very mild, to the cool climate of the tepui and mountain peaks.
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.
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.
The Coastal Venezuelan mangroves ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1408) covers the salt-water mangrove forests along the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean coast of Venezuela, from Cocinetas Basin (on the western border with Colombia) to the edge of the Caño Manamo River and the Orinoco Delta in the east. It is one of the largest mangrove ecoregions in ...
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.)