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Orinoco Basin. Venezuela - Full Documentary

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Life on the Orinoco River

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Venezuela's Rio Orinoco - Most Important River in Venezuela! 🇻🇪 (40 Minute Flight from Caracas)

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Venezuelan Jungle with the Warao of the Orinoco River! 🇻🇪

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Interesting Orinoco River Facts

The Orinoco River is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 kilometres (1,330 mi). Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers 880,000 square kilometres (340,000 sq mi), with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the world by discharge volume of water. The Orinoco River and its tributaries are the major transportation system for eastern and interior Venezuela and the llanos of Colombia. The environment in the Orinoco's basin is extremely diverse; it hosts a wide variety of flora and fauna.
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