Orinoco
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The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km. Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1,000,000 km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in
Orinoquia Bridge near Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Orinoco in Mariusa National Park (Delta Amacuro)
Orinoco at its confluence with the Caroní River (lower left)
Rapids of the Orinoco, near Puerto Ayacucho airport, Venezuela
Casiquiare canal
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The Casiquiare river or canal is a natural distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro in Venezuela. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon
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…from The Geographical Journal set off from Manaus, Brazil aboard a SR.N6 hovercraft to follow the Rio Negro upstream to where it is joined by the Casiquiare canal, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. After following the Casiquiare to the Orinoco River they hovered through perilous rapids of Maipures and…
The Casiquiare (bottom left) is separated from the Orinoco
Sunset on the Casiquiare River, in the State of Amazonas (Venezuela)