Lake Maracaibo

Zulia · Venezuela

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
Photo: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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December to April
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One of the largest lakes in South America, connected to the Caribbean by a narrow strait. Stilt villages along its shores gave the country its name and still line parts of the coast.

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