Escalante River | |
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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.
See also
References
- Locklin, Claudia, South America: Northwestern corner of Venezuela (NT0222), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-04-24
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