TheVentuari Riveris the largesttributaryof theOrinocoin southernVenezuela.[1]The Ventuari flows from south-central Venezuela in theGuiana Highlandssouthwest into the Orinoco River. It is 520 km (320 mi) long and its major tributary is theManapiare River.
| Ventuari River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth location in Venezuela | |
| Native name | Rio Ventuari(Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 3°59′40″N67°02′07″W/ 3.9944°N 67.0353°W |
| Length | 520 km (320 mi) |
| Basin size | 40,000 km2(15,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Orinoco |
The river drains theGuayanan Highlands moist forestsecoregion.[2]The Ventuari River is the largestclearwatertributary of the Orinoco.[1]As of 2006[update],470 fish species were known from the river, including severalendemics,and a fewnew specieshave been described from the river since then.[1]
References
edit- ^abcMontaña, C.G.; H. López-Fernández; D.C. Taphorn (2008)."A new species of Crenicichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Rio Ventuari, Upper Rio Orinoco, Amazonas State, Venezuela".Zootaxa.1856:33–40.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1856.1.3.S2CID18250036.
- ^Sears, Robin,South America: Southern Venezuela, northern Brazil, western Guyana, and eastern Colombia (NT0124),WWF: World Wildlife Fund,retrieved2017-04-01
- Hitchcock, Charles B.La región Orinoco Ventuari.Relato de la Expedición Phelps al Cerro Yaví. Caracas: Ministerio de Educación Nacional, Imprenta El Compás, 1984 (Translated from an older English Edition:The Orinoco - Ventuari Region.American Geographical Society, 1947).
- Koch-Grünberg, Theodor.Vom Roraima zum Orinoco.1917. Reissued byCambridge University Press,2009;ISBN978-1-108-00630-9.