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    The Maracaibo Basin, also known as Lake Maracaibo natural region, Lake Maracaibo depression or Lake Maracaibo Lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of...
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    Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo) is a brackish lake located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. Hydrologically...
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    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...
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    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...
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    2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao. The discovery of oil in the Maracaibo Basin in 1914 transformed Curaçao into a critical refinery location, altering...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    prevalent rodents are carriers of particularly endemic diseases. The Maracaibo Basin spans northwestern Venezuela. There are two species of mammals that...
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  • Tupinambis zuliensis, the Maracaibo Basin tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. "Appendices | CITES". cites...
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    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...
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    Scarthyla vigilans (Maracaibo Basin treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in northern Colombia (Caribbean lowlands, Magdalena...
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    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)...
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  • Maracaibo is a city and municipality in the Zulia State, Venezuela. Maracaibo can also refer to: Metropolitan Area of Maracaibo Maracaibo Basin Maracaibo...
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    Departments), mainly in the Maracaibo Basin. There is an introduced (and expanding) population in the Lake Valencia Basin in northern Venezuela. Adult...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • (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...
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    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...
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  • Eigenmannia goajira is a species of glass knifefish found in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Colombia and Venezuela. Perez, A. (2023). "Eigenmannia goajira"...
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    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)...
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    de Ojeda of Spain sailed to South Caribbean coasts and reached the Maracaibo Basin. The Spaniards believed that the area's frequent lightning strikes...
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    Soleiman), Peru (1863, in Zorritos District), Venezuela (1914, in Maracaibo Basin), and Mexico, and were being developed at an industrial level. Austria-Hungary...
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    Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr., Hendry, & Pyron, 2016 – Maracaibo Basin tegu Mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates a deep divergence between...
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  • 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...
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  • villarsi. It is native to South America, where it is known only from the Maracaibo basin in northwestern Venezuela and extreme eastern Colombia. Isorineloricaria...
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    the Lake Maracaibo basin of northwestern Venezuela. East of the Andean Cordilleras, the Cetopsinae occur in the Aroa and Yaracuy River basins along the...
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  • Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Venezuela. The species reaches 30.6 cm (12 inches) in standard length...
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  • of banjo catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the Lake Maracaibo basin. It grows to a length of 11.0 cm. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds...
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