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Natural Regions of Venezuela

Percentage area of Venezuelan natural regions

  Guayana (48.22%)
  Los Llanos (26.61%)
  Sistema Coriano (5.75%)
  Cordillera de La Costa (5.34%)
  Andes (5.16%)
  Orinoco Delta (4.76%)
  Maracaibo Basin (4.02%)
  Insular (0.14%)

Because of its natural structure, Venezuela can be divided into eight very distinct natural regions. In the evaluation of a natural region, the human element is not present. The natural region groups of Venezuela formed as a consequence of the association of geo-physical elements such as: geological constitution, relief, climate, hydrography, vegetation, soils, among others.[1]

The regional groups that make up the Venezuelan territory are:[2]

  1. ^ Imagen de Venezuela: una visión espacial (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. 1992. ISBN 980-259-475-X.
  2. ^ Vargas Ponce, José; García, Pablo Emilio. Geografía: 9º Educación Básica (in Spanish). Ed. Romor. p. 45. ISBN 980-6010-67-1.

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