Geography Of Mazuela Essay

Venezuela has many geographical features that make it the beautiful country it is. There is Mount Roraima, Isla Margarita, the Mochima National Park, the Medanos de Coro, Los Roques, and the Angel Falls. These places are some of the most popular hotspots for tourists visiting Venezuela (10 Top Tourist). Along with these attractions, there are the not so hot spots as well. These being Lago de Valencia, Lago de Maracaibo, the Andes Mountains, the Maracaibo Lowlands, the Guiana highlands and the Guarapiche River. The two lakes and the river have all suffered greatly from oil and sewage pollution coming from factories (The World Factbook). The pollution has gotten so bad that residents living near the lakes haven’t been able to fish like they normally would. Instead of catching fish to sell, the small amount they do catch cannot be sold because it is too blackened and damaged by the oil (Chronic Oil Leaks). “My sons would set out the nets and at dawn would bring in mullet and corvina fish to sell to small restaurants in Puerto Caballo. They stopped several months ago because what they caught were blackened and damaged,” (Chronic Oil Leaks). Over time, natural gas and petroleum have been leaking into Lago de Maracaibo polluting it, damaging the water, and killing the animal living in it. “There have always been leaks of petroleum or natural gas from a huge network of pipes, according …show more content…
In 2010, in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, there was a flood that swept up thousands of homes and killed at least 25 people. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited the Antimano district to notify people in high-risk areas to move to government shelters until the rain subsided. While this incident was devastating and impacted many people, it wasn’t the worst Venezuela has felt. “In December 1999 floods in Venezuela killed up to 30,000 people in the country's worst natural disaster in modern times” (Venezuela Floods