Escalante River (Venezuela)

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

Escalante River
Escalante River (Venezuela) is located in Venezuela
Escalante River (Venezuela)
Mouth location in Venezuela
Native nameRio Escalante (Portuguese)
Location
CountryVenezuela
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  coordinates
9°14′45″N 71°47′07″W

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

See also

References

  1. Locklin, Claudia, South America: Northwestern corner of Venezuela (NT0222), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-04-24
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