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The boto and the giant otter inhabit the Orinoco River system. [29] The Orinoco crocodile is one of the rarest reptiles in the world. Its range in the wild is restricted to the middle and lower Orinoco River Basin. [30] More than 1000 fish species have been recorded in the river basin and about 15% are endemic. [31]
South Central Coast. Cu Đê River; Hàn River; Túy Loan River; Yên River (Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng) Cầu Đỏ/Cẩm Lệ River; Vu Gia River; Thu Bồn River; Trà Bồng River
The Orinoco Basin is the part of South America drained by the Orinoco river and its tributaries. The Orinoco watershed covers an area of about 990000 km 2 , making it the third largest in South America, covering most of Venezuela and eastern part of Colombia .
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The national parks and reserves, as per present status, (as reported by the National Parks of Vietnam) conforming to the topography of the country which cover terrestrial, deltas of rivers, and coastal zones are: [2] [3] Five national parks and four reserves in the Mekong Delta; [4] two national parks in the northeastern area; [5] five reserves ...
The Orinoquía region is one of the six natural regions of Colombia that belongs to the Orinoco River watershed. It's also known colloquially as the Eastern Plains from the Spanish Llanos Orientales. The region covers most of the area of the departments of Arauca, Casanare, Meta, and Vichada. [1]
The park protects part of the Orinoco Delta swamp forests ecoregion. [6] It is located in the middle of the Orinoco River Delta, where the largest river in Venezuela meets the Atlantic Ocean. It takes the name of the island Mariusa, on the coast, but it is the Redonda Island of the greater territorial extension of land floodable, between the ...
The delta is fan-shaped, formed by the Orinoco River as it splits into numerous distributaries, called caños, which meander through the delta on their way to the sea.The main distributary is called the Rio Grande, which empties south-southeast through the southern portion of the delta, and the second major distributary is Caño Manamo, which runs northward along the western edge of the delta.