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Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Caracas

               Caracas (Santiago de León de Caracas) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela. It had a population of 1,943,901. Caracas is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2200 m (7400 ft) high mountain range, Cerro El Ávila. 
               The main landmarks of Caracas are: Venezuelan stock exchange building, Millennium Mall, Simón Bolívar's birthplace house (Casa del Libertador), National Pantheon of Venezuela, Caracas Cathedral (Catedral de Caracas), Parque Central Complex, Plaza Bolívar, Plaza Venezuela, Plaza Caracas, Plaza San Jacinto, Cerro El Ávila, Las Mercedes, San Francisco church (Iglesia de San Francisco), Central University of Venezuela (Universidad Central de Venezuela), Simón Bolívar University (Universidad Simón Bolívar), Cloud Shepherd, National Library of Venezuela (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela), Plaza France, Municipal Theater, National Theater, Museum of Contemporary Art, Social Action Center for Music, Palace of the Academies, Federation Arch (El Arco de la Federación), Parque Cristal Building, Children's Museum, Teatro Teresa Carreño, Las Mercedes, Centro Empresarial Galipan, Palacio de Justicia de Caracas, Palacio Municipal de Caracas, Palacio Federal Legislativo, Torre Kyra y KPMG, Torre Parque Cristal, Torre Digitel, Centro San Ignacio, Avenida Francisco de Miranda, Torre Credicard, Parque Ezequiel Zamora, Museo de Ciencias de Caracas.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Orinoco

               Orinoco river (Río Orinoco) is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km (1,330 mi). Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia, covers 880,000 square kilometres (340,000 sq mi), with 76.3% of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. At its mouth, the Orinoco forms a wide delta that branches off into hundreds of rivers and waterways that flow through 41,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi) of swampy forests.        
                 The main tributaries of Orinoco are: Apure, Arauca, Atabapo, Caroní, Casiquiare canal, Caura, Guaviare, Inírida, Meta, Ventuari, Vichada. It's crossing the following cities: Ciudad Bolívar, Ciudad Guayana, Puerto Ayacucho, Curiapo, Tucupita. 

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Lake Maracaibo

              Lake Maracaibo (Lago de Maracaibo) is a large brackish bay in Venezuela. It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by Tablazo Strait (55km) at the northern end, and fed by numerous rivers, the largest being the Catatumbo. It is commonly considered a lake rather than a bay or lagoon, and at 13,210 km² it would be the largest lake in South America. The geological record shows that it has been a true lake in the past, and as such is one of the oldest lakes on Earth at 20-36 million years old.


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Friday, September 7, 2012

Cerro Marahuaca

            Cerro Marahuaca is a tepui in the Amazonas province of Venezuela. It has an elevation of 2,832 metres (9,291 ft) above sea level and is the highest point in the western section of the Guiana Highlands. It is located within Duida-Marahuaca National Park. 
           The nearest peaks are Wataba Siru, Cerro Petaca, Cerro Duida, Cerro Huha, Cerro Culebra, and Cerro Quesava. 
              The Guiana Shield is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1.7 billion-year-old Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America that forms a portion of the northern coast. The higher elevations on the shield are called the Guiana Highlands, which is where the impressive and mysterious table-like mountains called tepuis are found.

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