Venezuela (Capital -Caracas)
UN chief deeply concerned over ‘possible intensification of instability’ in Venezuela.
Political features
- Location: Located at the northern South America.
- Boundary:
- Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the southwest and west.
- The boundaries of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana meet at Mount Roraima
- It is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north.
- Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the southwest and west.
Geographical Features
- Physical features: Andes Mountains, Maracaibo Lowlands and Guiana Highlands.
- Major river: Orinoco river (empties in Atlantic ocean), Rio Negro, Lake Maracaibo etc.
- Highest waterfall in the world: Angel fall on Churún River.
- Grassland Plain: llanos
- Resources: It has the world’s largest oil reserves
- Most of Venezuela’s heavy oil reserves are found in the Faja Petrolifera del Orinoco (also known as the Faja, or Orinoco Oil Belt).
