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South America General Terrain. Regions include Maracaibo lowlands Northern mountians Wide Orinoco plains and Guiana plains.

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The country can be divided into six geographic regions.

Physical geography of venezuela. All borders are geometric except physical border to ocean. Physical Features To the left is a picture of Pico Bolivar the highest mountain in Venezuela. Venezuelas location perched 8 above the equator means it generally enjoys a balmy warm climate.

It covers 352150 square miles. Landscape and Geography The Andes mountains and the Maricaibo lowlands are located in the northwest and the central plains are in the southeast. It leaps from a flat-topped plateau Auyán-Tepuí Devils Mountain barely making contact with the sheer face.

Venezuela has four major physical features. The country has a number of rivers lakes forests and areas of land. At the eastern end of the coastal region is the 250-mi- 402-km- long Orinoco Delta.

Geography maps flag statistics photos and cultural information about Venezuela. Guiana Highlands in southeast Geographical Low Point. Temperatures dont fluctuate wildly hovering between 26C 79F and 28C 82F and making the country something of an all year round destination.

Located at the northernmost end of South America Venezuela has a total area of 912050 square kilometers and a land area of 882050 square kilometers about twice the size of California. The Maracaibo lowlands the mountains that run along the western border of the country the Orinoco plains and the Guiana highlands. Pico Bolivar is in the state of Merida in the Sierra Nevada de Merida which is the largest massif in Venezuela along the Cordillera de Merida.

Venezuelas boundary line with Brazil is mostly mountainous with rain-forests. This is a series of mountain ranges in northwestern Venezuela that makes up a northeastern extension of the Andes. Venezuela physical features Venezuela s four main regions are 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 llanos in central Venezuela and the highly dissected Guiana highlands in the southeast.

Shaped roughly like an inverted triangle the country has a 2800-kilometer coastline. Territory Borders- Venezuela borders Colombia Brazil and Guyana. Slightly more than twice the size of California Geographical Coordinates.

912050 square km Size Comparison. The four major land regions of Venezuela are the Maracaibo Basin the Andean Highlands the Llanos and the Guiana Highlands. The Geography of Venezuela Total Size.

The coast the Segovia Highlands the ANDES the coastal range the llanos and Guayana. Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest. Venezuela Weather climate and geography Weather and climate Best time to visit.

Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north Guyana to the east Brazil to the south and Colombia to the southwest and west. The highest waterfall in the world the cataract drops 3212 feet 979 metres and is 500 feet 150 metres wide at the base. Venezuela also shares borders with BRAZIL Colombia and GUYANA.

Covering a total area of 916445 sqkm 353841 sq mi Venezuela located on the northern coast of South America is the worlds 33rd largest country. Caribbean Sea 0 m. Its major ranges are the Sierra de la Culata and the Sierra Nevada de Merida the latter of which contains the highest mountain in Venezuela Pico Bolivar.

8 00 N 66 00 W World Region or Continent. The national capital Caracas is Venezuelas primary centre of industry commerce education and tourism. Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America between 0 degrees 5 and 12 degrees 15 N and 59 degrees 45 and 73 degrees 09 W.

As observed on the physical map of Venezuela the Orinoco River and Venezuelas mountain ranges divide the country into some distinct topographical regions all with different climates.