The Maracaibo Basin, also known as Lake Maracaibo natural region, Lake Maracaibo depression or Lake Maracaibo Lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of...
14 KB (1,661 words) - 08:27, 19 April 2024
Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo) is a brackish lake located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. Hydrologically...
23 KB (2,590 words) - 04:11, 8 May 2024
whole. It is based on the western side of Lake Maracaibo, the dominant feature of the oil-rich Maracaibo Basin. Favored by prevailing winds and a protected...
45 KB (3,755 words) - 20:43, 2 April 2024
Catatumbo lightning (redirect from Maracaibo lighthouse)
forecast lightning in the Lake Maracaibo basin up to a few months in advance, based in the variability of the Lake Maracaibo Low-Level Jet and its interactions...
15 KB (1,675 words) - 17:00, 26 April 2024
Zulia (redirect from Zulia, Maracaibo)
northwestern Venezuela, bordering Lake Maracaibo, the largest body of water of its kind in Latin America. Its basin covers one of the largest oil and gas...
53 KB (6,387 words) - 08:11, 6 April 2024
2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao. The discovery of oil in the Maracaibo Basin in 1914 transformed Curaçao into a critical refinery location, altering...
126 KB (11,532 words) - 10:48, 13 May 2024
originates in Colombia and drains into the Maracaibo Lake basin. Among the rivers that reach the Maracaibo lake basin are the Chama, the Escalante, the Catatumbo...
286 KB (25,108 words) - 17:19, 22 May 2024
Bolivar Coastal Fields (category Lake Maracaibo)
division in the U.S. Two blocks in the basin are to be offered in the 1995 exploration round. In summary, the Maracaibo basin oil fields played a major role in...
23 KB (2,932 words) - 06:51, 17 October 2023
prevalent rodents are carriers of particularly endemic diseases. The Maracaibo Basin spans northwestern Venezuela. There are two species of mammals that...
17 KB (1,935 words) - 14:51, 22 May 2024
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...
10 KB (1,088 words) - 22:27, 18 April 2024
Tupinambis zuliensis (redirect from Maracaibo Basin tegu lizard)
Tupinambis zuliensis, the Maracaibo Basin tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. "Appendices | CITES". cites...
1 KB (43 words) - 01:47, 30 January 2024
44 billion bbl yet to be recovered. The basin is characterized by a large shallow tidal estuary, Lake Maracaibo, located near its center. Is fan-shaped...
6 KB (685 words) - 06:58, 10 December 2022
Catatumbo River (category Maracaibo basin)
Catatumbo) is a river rising in northern Colombia, flowing into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The Catatumbo River is approximately 340 kilometres (210 mi)...
5 KB (351 words) - 16:59, 23 November 2022
of about 310 kilometres (190 mi). It separates the Maracaibo Basin from the Cesar-Ranchería Basin. Some of the area has been considered as a Flora and...
4 KB (345 words) - 08:51, 21 October 2023
species is native to Colombia and Venezuela, where it occurs in the Lake Maracaibo basin, and reaches a length of 60.0 centimetres (23.6 in) TL. Perez, A. (2023)...
2 KB (108 words) - 12:47, 21 February 2024
Scarthyla vigilans (redirect from Maracaibo Basin treefrog)
Scarthyla vigilans (Maracaibo Basin treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in northern Colombia (Caribbean lowlands, Magdalena...
5 KB (496 words) - 16:42, 3 July 2023
Maracaibo is a city and municipality in the Zulia State, Venezuela. Maracaibo can also refer to: Metropolitan Area of Maracaibo Maracaibo Basin Maracaibo...
414 bytes (78 words) - 18:19, 5 May 2019
Departments), mainly in the Maracaibo Basin. There is an introduced (and expanding) population in the Lake Valencia Basin in northern Venezuela. Adult...
4 KB (362 words) - 22:14, 3 May 2024
armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the Lake Maracaibo basin. The species grows to a length of 16.9 centimetres (6.7 in) SL and...
1 KB (55 words) - 01:36, 22 October 2023
Hoplomyzon atrizona is a species of banjo catfish endemic to the Lake Maracaibo basin in Venezuela. It grows to a length of 2.7 cm. Froese, Rainer; Pauly...
721 bytes (41 words) - 02:09, 18 January 2024
basin was connected to the Magdalena River basins (Middle and Lower Magdalena Valleys) and the Sinú-Jacinto Basin in the west and the Maracaibo Basin...
70 KB (4,861 words) - 23:37, 5 April 2024
Eigenmannia goajira is a species of glass knifefish found in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Colombia and Venezuela. Perez, A. (2023). "Eigenmannia goajira"...
1 KB (94 words) - 13:02, 6 May 2024
Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr., Hendry, & Pyron, 2016 – Maracaibo Basin tegu Mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates a deep divergence between...
11 KB (1,211 words) - 18:18, 19 January 2024
northwestern South America, restricted to the Atrato, Magdalena and Maracaibo basins. There are currently three described species in this genus. Gilbertolus...
1 KB (62 words) - 23:16, 15 April 2024
areas below 300 m in sedimentary basins and lowlands such as the Llanos, Orinoco Delta, Maracaibo Basin, Orinoco Basin, and coastal plains and islands;...
16 KB (1,787 words) - 05:04, 11 January 2024
the Lake Maracaibo basin of northwestern Venezuela. East of the Andean Cordilleras, the Cetopsinae occur in the Aroa and Yaracuy River basins along the...
6 KB (659 words) - 15:40, 26 October 2023
in northwest Venezuela, north of the Mérida Andes and east of the Maracaibo Basin, extending north to the Caribbean coast. It consists mostly of east–west...
6 KB (495 words) - 23:02, 4 February 2024
(Tupinambis cuzcoensis) (SVL of 247 mm (9.7 in) or larger) and the Maracaibo Basin tegu (Tupinambis zuliensis) (a 273 mm (10.7 in) SVL with a 537 mm (21...
114 KB (11,848 words) - 23:22, 28 March 2024
Río de Oro (Catatumbo) (category Maracaibo basin)
Rio de Oro is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. Río de Oro has its source on the eastern slope of the serranía de Los Motilones, in the Catatumbo Barí...
1 KB (141 words) - 21:23, 14 January 2021
de Ojeda of Spain sailed to South Caribbean coasts and reached the Maracaibo Basin. The Spaniards believed that the area's frequent lightning strikes...
7 KB (747 words) - 22:45, 2 March 2024