Escalante River
The Escalante River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo. The river rises in the Venezuelan Andes. It then flows through the Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion before emptying into Lake Maracaibo.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Rio Escalante”
Escalante River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Zulia, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
9.19979° or 9° 11′ 59″ north
Longitude
-71.75878° or 71° 45′ 32″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
67XC56XR+WF
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Welsh—“Escalante River” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Escalante (rijeka u Venezueli)”
- Croatian: “Escalante”
- German: “Río Escalante”
- Irish: “Abhainn Escalante”
- Japanese: “エスカランテ川”
- Spanish: “Río Escalante”
- Uzbek: “Escalante daryosi (Venesuela)”
- Uzbek: “Escalante daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Escalante”
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Places to explore: La Solita and Yagrumal.
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