Venezuela's Earthly Paradise

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Venezuela an earthly paradise, Is located in the northern part of South America. It covers an area of 916.445 km². its geographical boundaries are: Caribbean Sea ( north) , Colombia and Brazil ( south) , Guyana (east) and Colombia (west). the climate is warm and rainy. Venezuela has a large variety of fauna and flora, very exotic and different from the others, as in the case of frailejones in the Andes, the thorny flora of the coastal areas of Falcon or the jungle and dense forests in the State Amazonas and Bolivar. Venezuela has the eighth wonder of the world which is called: Salto el Angel. It is the highest waterfall in the world, with a height of 979m,It is located in the Canaima National Park in Bolivar State, there are the famous Tepuye,

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