!!!Venezuela: Geography
||Location|Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana
||Geographic Coordinates|8 00 N, 66 00 W[{GoogleMap location='8.0,-66.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''912,050 sq km\\''land: ''882,050 sq km\\''water: ''30,000 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 912050\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 916444\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 912050\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 912050\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 916445\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 912050''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''4,993 km\\''border countries: ''Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
||Coastline|2,800 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Caribbean Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Pico Bolivar 5,007 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Pico Bolivar 5007 m; Pico Humboldt 4942 m; Pico La Concha 4922 m; Bonpland 4890 m; Pico Jahn 4800 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: La Columna 4981 m; Cerro Pintado 3660 m; Pico El Toro 3600 m; Páramo Colorado 3350 m; Pico da Neblina 2994 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/America/Venezuela/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
||Natural Hazards|subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds
||Land Use|''arable land: ''2.85%\\''permanent crops: ''0.71%\\''other: ''96.44% (2011)
||Climate|tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
||Irrigated Land|10,550 sq km (2008)
||Renewable Water Resources|1,233 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from irresponsible mining operations
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands\\''signed but not ratified:: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Caracas; Maracaibo; Valencia; Barquisimeto; Ciudad Guayana\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Caracas; Maracaibo; Maracay; Valencia; Barquisimeto\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Venezuela/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|on major sea and air routes linking North and South America; Angel Falls in the Guiana Highlands is the world's highest waterfall