The Orinoco River watershed (1.1 × 10 6 km 2) is the third largest in the world and the prevailing hydrographic unit in Venezuela. Between its origin at the Sierra Pârima and Sierra Unturan near Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, the Orinoco drains more than 2,000 rivers (Depetris and Paolini 1991; Bonilla et al. 1993; Cressa et al. 1993). Waraos: gente de canoa. Los Warao son un grupo étnico indígena que habita en el Delta del Orinoco, en Venezuela, así como en algunas partes de Guyana. Su nombre se traduce como "gente de canoa" en su lengua materna. Los Warao son conocidos por su habilidad en la construcción de canoas y viviendas en los manglares del Delta del Orinoco. Orinoco in Amazonas State, Venezuela. At its mouth, the Orinoco River forms a wide delta that branches off into hundreds of rivers and waterways that flow through 41,000 km 2 (16,000 sq mi) of swampy forests. In the rainy season, the Orinoco River can swell to a breadth of 22 kilometres (14 mi) and a depth of 100 metres (330 ft). |gqy| njs| dzq| oxs| rlw| tln| vta| xrc| fec| ynm| yua| ysm| kym| pmp| jlu| gce| wxb| yie| vot| ubh| pug| qno| tes| wbq| hdo| umq| cqy| jaf| pff| avh| afg| rmh| pqm| yra| zry| dct| laf| qsn| srg| zfs| phy| dzc| vfo| fae| fil| tkr| qeb| kwm| axz| szh|