Where is the Orinoco River located?
Q: Where is the Orinoco River located?
A: The Orinoco River is located in northern South America.
Q: How long is the Orinoco River?
A: The Orinoco River is 2,140 kilometres (1,330 miles) long.
Q: What area does the drainage basin of the Orinoco cover?
A: The drainage basin of the Orinoco, sometimes called the Orinoquia, covers 880,000 square kilometres (340,000 square miles).
Q: What percentage of the drainage basin lies in Venezuela and Colombia respectively?
A: 76.3% of it lies in Venezuela and 23.7% lies in Colombia.
Q: What makes the Orinoco Basin ecologically important?
A: The Orinoco Basin is ecologically important because it is home to rare species such as the Orinoco crocodile and Amazon river dolphins.
Q: How many wild orinoco crocodiles are estimated to exist?
A: There are fewer than 250 wild orinoco crocodiles estimated to exist.
Q: What type of transport system does this river provide for eastern and interior Venezuela and Colombia's llanos region?
A:The Orinco and its tributaries are main transport system for eastern and interior Venezuela and Colombia's llanos region.
