Natural regions of Venezuela

Percentage area of Venezuelan natural regions

Guayana (48.22%)

Los Llanos (26.61%)

Sistema Coriano (5.75%)

Cordillera de La Costa (5.34%)

Andes (5.16%)

Orinoco Delta (4.76%)

Maracaibo Basin (4.02%)

Insular (0.14%)

Because of its natural structure, Venezuela can be divided into eight very distinct natural regions. In the evaluation of a natural region, the human element is not present. The natural region groups of Venezuela formed as a consequence of the association of geo-physical elements such as: geological constitution, relief, climate, hydrography, vegetation, soils, among others.^[1]

The regional groups that make up the Venezuelan territory are:^[2]

^ Imagen de Venezuela: una visión espacial (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. 1992. ISBN 980-259-475-X.
^ Vargas Ponce, José; García, Pablo Emilio. Geografía: 9º Educación Básica (in Spanish). Ed. Romor. p. 45. ISBN 980-6010-67-1.

[1] Imagen de Venezuela: una visión espacial (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. 1992. ISBN 980-259-475-X.

[2] Vargas Ponce, José; García, Pablo Emilio. Geografía: 9º Educación Básica (in Spanish). Ed. Romor. p. 45. ISBN 980-6010-67-1.

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