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Venezuela's vegetation, physical features and climate is....

     There are many physical features in Venezuela. One of  them is the grand Rio Orinoco. There are also other big rivers such as the Apure River, and the Cauro River.
     Venezuela also has the well-known Andes Mountains.  They're only in Venezuela for a little part, but it counts! The Sierra Nevada de Merida is in western Venezuela. 
     Venezuela also contains the continent's largest inland body of water,Lake Maracaibo. The Guayana Highlands cover more than half of Venezuela's territory (200,000 square miles).
     The vegetation of Venezuela is as follows:  Arable land in Venezuela is 2.95%. Permanent crops cover .92% of the land, and other land usages are 96.13%. Some agricultural products were corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, pork, milk, eggs, vegetables, and fish. A natural reource is oil.
     Venezuela climate is tropical, hot and humid. It is more tropical in the Highlands. There are pretty much two seasons. There are the wet seasons and the dry seasons. May through November is the rainy season. The temperature averages about 70 degrees F to 85 degrees F.

Isn't that interesting?