Escalante River (Venezuela)

Escalante River
Mouth location in Venezuela
Native name	Rio Escalante (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Venezuela
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	9°14′45″N 71°47′07″W / 9.245967°N 71.785386°W / 9.245967; -71.785386

The Escalante River (Spanish: Rio Escalante) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo.

The river rises in the Venezuelan Andes. It then flows through the Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion before emptying into Lake Maracaibo.^[1]

See also[edit]

• List of rivers of Venezuela

References[edit]