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Venezuela
South Venezuela
Steamy Amazonian Jungles
Things to Know
Map
Outline
Map of Venezuela
South
America
Northern
South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Tropical
Rainforest Products in daily use.
Animals
Cougar, ocelot,
tapir, armadillo, anteater,
and the longest snake in the world, the anaconda.
Jaguar,
the largest cat of the Americas.
Anteater,
a tree-climbing anteater with golden fur and a long prehensile tail.
Climate
The Climate is warm, rainy and humid, with a very thick vegetation.
Land
In the south:
Rio Orinoco
The third-longest river in South America, the Orinoco covers about
2150km (1333mi) from its source near the Brazilian border in the
south of the country to its wide, flooded delta on the northeast
coast. The forested islands which make up the delta are home to the Warao
people, who live on the riverbanks in houses on stilts.
The Orinoco and Amazon Venezuela's
indigenous people have lived long before recorded time.
To the south of the Orinoco are Venezuela’s Guayana and Amazon regions.
Plants
National flower-Orchid
Tropical
Rainforest plants. Learn of the many plants of tropical
rainforest and how they have adapted.
Explorers
Alfonso
de Ojeda and the Florentine, Amerigo
Vespucci discovered the mouth of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers
in South America.
Native huts built on piles above the lake reminded Vespucci of
Venice, thus leading him to name the discovery Venezuela, or LittleVenice.
Baron
Alexander von Humboldt:
Explorer and Naturalist
People
The Life of Simon Bolivar
The man who won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, and Venezuela.
Fun
Facts
Where's
The Amazon?
The Amazon basin covers significant portions of the countries of
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia, though the
major part of the watershed lies within Brazil.
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