| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
|
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Passeo Orinoco is a riverside street with shops.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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The Orinoco River.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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The Orinoco River is the third longest in South America (2150km). It flows entirely within Venezuela.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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The 1678m long Angostura Bridge is the only bridge over the Orinoco River.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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Ferries and fruit sellers on the river.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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Islands on the river made from large boulders.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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Cargo ferry.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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Fresh Water Dolphin.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
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Crested Caracara flying over the water.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
District : Orinoco River
|
 |
View of the narrows of the Orinoco River.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
|
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Anchor in the Museum of Ciudad Bolivar.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
Site / Event : Casa del Congresso
|
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The Casa del Congresso de Angosturo (1770) was used as a base durimg the war of independence against Spain.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
Site / Event : Casa del Congresso
|
 |
Wooden balcony.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
Site / Event : Casa del Congresso
|
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Printing press used during the war of independence.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
|
 |
Street scene in the old city.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
|
 |
Wrought iron balconies and window grills.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
Site / Event : Casa San Isidro
|
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The Casa San Isidro.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
Site / Event : Casa San Isidro
|
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Casa San Isidro is a colonial house set in a wooded area.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
Site / Event : Casa San Isidro
|
 |
Colonial era furniture.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Bolivar
|
 |
Jimmy Angel's plane. Angel landed in the jungle in 1937 and had to walk out.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Guayana
|
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The Orinoco River at Ciudad Guayana where two different coloured waterways stay separate.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Guayana
Site / Event : Caroni Falls
|
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The Caroni River is a tributary of the Orinoco.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Guayana
Site / Event : Caroni Falls
|
 |
The Caroni River descends over a 200m series of waterfalls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Guayana
Site / Event : Caroni Falls
|
 |
Dramatic views of the falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Guayana
Site / Event : Caroni Falls
|
 |
Thunderous cascade.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
City / Town : Ciudad Guayana
Site / Event : Caroni Falls
|
 |
View of the falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Caroni Basin
|
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The wetlands of the Caroni River.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Caroni Basin
|
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Forested tributary of the Caroni River.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Caroni Basin
|
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A forested tepui. Tepui is a Pemon word meaning table mountain.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Caroni Basin
|
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The Caroni River system is the second largest in the country.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Caroni Basin
District : Kamarata
|
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Kamarata is a typical Pemon settlement only accessable by air or on foot.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Caroni Basin
District : Kamarata
|
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Pemon house.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
|
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Auyantepui, the largest tepui, has an area of 700 square km.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
|
 |
The tepui has many high waterfalls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
|
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Auyantepui is 2535m above sea level.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
|
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A dry Angel Falls, the world's highest at 979m.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
|
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The sheer walls of tepuis ensure that each has a unique biological environment.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
District : Churun Falls
|
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Churun Falls is one of many high waterfalls in the region.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
District : Churun Falls
|
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Looking down on the falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Auyantepui
|
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The top of the tepui is nearly 1km above the plain below.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
 |
Kusari Tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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Tepuis and forests near Canaima.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
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Canaima is a Pemon settlement by a lagoon on the Carrao River.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
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The area has many waterfalls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
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Canaima is surrounded by tepuis (the local word for table mountains or mesas).
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Sapo Lagoon
|
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The beautiful Sapo Lagoon.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Sapo Lagoon
|
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The lagoon is the centre of Canaima.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Sapo Lagoon
|
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The vast expanse of the lagoon.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Sapo Lagoon
|
 |
Beautiful landscape.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Sapo Lagoon
|
 |
The lagoon in the late afternoon.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Sapo Lagoon
|
 |
The lagoon is a large body of water in the centre of a rainforest.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Hacha Falls
|
 |
Hacha Falls are spread over a large area.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
District : Hacha Falls
|
 |
Close view of the falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
Cashoo nut with its fruit.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
The area is famous for its Tepuis, a Pemon word meaning "table mountain".
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
Kusari Tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
Kuravaina Tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
Karun Tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
Mine Frog.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
A feeble Sapo Falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
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Rock formations at Sapo Falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
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Ara Falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
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The upper part of Ara Falls.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
City / Town : Canaima
|
 |
Workers from a guest house.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
 |
The Gran Sabana is dotted with tepuis.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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Cloud-shrouded tepui tops.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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Tepuis are table mountains over 1km high.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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Dramatic ridges.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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Tepuis isolated from each other.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
 |
A large tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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Each tepui is like an island with unique species of plants.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
 |
The upper regions of a tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
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The narrow top of a tepui.
|
1998 |
| Venezuela |
Region : Gran Sabana
|
 |
One of the many rivers that flow into the Orinoco.
|
1998 |
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