Natural regions of Venezuela
Percentage area of Venezuelan natural regions
Because of its natural structure, Venezuela can be divided into eight very distinct natural regions. 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.
The regional groups that make up the Venezuelan territory are:
The Venezuelan Andean system represents the terminal bifurcation of the Cordillera Oriental de Colombia, which in Venezuelan territory consists of two mountainous branches: the Sierra de Perija, smaller, slightly displaced from southwest to northeast with 7,151 km2 in Venezuela; and a larger, frankly oriented Southwest to northeast with about 40,172 km2, the Cordillera de Mérida, commonly known as the proper Venezuelan Andes. The highest point in Venezuela is located in this natural region.
It is divided in two sections:
Is a mountain range system, that runs along the central and eastern portions of Venezuela's northern coast. The range is a northeastern extension of the Andes, and is also known as the Maritime Andes. The Coastal Range actually consists of two parallel ranges, which run east and west along the coast of the Caribbean Sea. The Cojedes River separates the western end of Coastal Range from the Cordillera de Mérida to the southeast. The range is divided into eastern and western sections by the wide bay between Cape Codera and Cumaná.
is a large massif of approximately 441,921 km2 of extension, equivalent to 48.2% of the total continental territory of the country. Its limits by the north and east is formed by the route of the rivers Orinoco, Atabapo and Negro and by the south the borders with Brazil. Th region occupies almost half of meridional territory of Venezuela.
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