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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 located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. While Maracaibo is...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Maracaibo is a city and municipality in the Zulia State, Venezuela. Maracaibo can also refer to: Maracaibo Basin Maracaibo Metro Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the Lake Maracaibo basin. This species grows to a length of 18.5 centimetres (7.3 in) SL. Froese...
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    the South American catfish family Loricariidae. It is endemic to the Maracaibo Basin in Venezuela. In the wild, the species feeds on algae and reaches 28...
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    family Callichthyidae. It is found west of the Andes, in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Venezuela, and in the drainages of Sinu River and Magdalena River...
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  • Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Venezuela. The species feeds on algae and detritus, reaches 28.5 cm...
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  • in the San Juan river, a tributary to the Motatán river in the Lake Maracaibo basin. This species reaches a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in)...
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    teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758) gold tegu Tupinambis zuliensis Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr., Hendry, & Pyron, 2016 Maracaibo Basin tegu...
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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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  • (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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  • home to a large array of tropical fish. The discovery of oil in the Maracaibo Basin of Venezuela in the early 20th century forced the Venezuelan government...
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  • northwestern South America, restricted to the Atrato, Magdalena and Maracaibo basins. There are currently three described species in this genus. Gilbertolus...
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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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    Depresión de Táchira) is a saddle of land connecting the Lake Maracaibo basin to the Orinoco basin in the state of Táchira, Venezuela. It forms a break in the...
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