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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.
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 ...
Venezuela, [c] officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, [d] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. [18]
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)
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 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.
Climate of Venezuela (2 P) Climbing areas of Venezuela (4 C, 3 P) D. ... Pages in category "Geography of Venezuela" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of ...
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 ...