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Lake Maracaibo. / 9.81583°N 71.55667°W / 9.81583; -71.55667. Lake Maracaibo ( Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo) is a brackish lake located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. Hydrologically, it is a semi-enclosed bay off the coast of the Gulf of Venezuela. Lake Maracaibo is commonly considered a ...
9°N 71°W. / 9°N 71°W / 9; -71. The Maracaibo Basin, also known as Lake Maracaibo natural region, Lake Maracaibo depression or Lake Maracaibo Lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela, found in the northwestern corner of Venezuela in South America. Covering over 36,657 square km, it is a ...
22,317 km 2 (8,617 sq mi) The Catatumbo River ( Spanish: Río Catatumbo) is a river rising in northern Colombia, flowing into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The Catatumbo River is approximately 340 kilometres (210 mi) long. It forms a part of the international boundary between the two countries. The river's name means "House of Thunder" in the ...
Unknown. Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo, also known as the Sack of Maracaibo and the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, was a military event that took place between 16 March and 21 May 1669 during the latter stage of the Anglo-Spanish War. English privateers commanded by notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan launched an attack with the purpose of ...
Aw: equatorial, winter dry. The Catatumbo moist forests (NT0108) is an ecoregion in Venezuela and Colombia to the west and east of Lake Maracaibo . It includes four regions of moist forest on slightly higher ground than the dry forest and mangroves that surround the lake. The forest has unique flora related to the flora of the Amazon basin.
Catatumbo lightning at night. Catatumbo lightning (Spanish: Relámpago del Catatumbo) [1] is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Bari people. [2] It originates from a mass of storm clouds at an ...
Lake Maracaibo, which once was at the heart of Venezuela's oil boom, has turned into a polluted wasteland, according to environmentalists. The pollution of the lake, located about 600 kilometers ...
English: A map of the city of Maracaibo and its surroundings; the ocean at left, Gibraltar at top right, Lake Maracaibo at centre right; illustration to page 95 of Alexandre Exquemelin's "De Americaensche Zee-roovers" (Amsterdam: 1678) Etching