Venezuela (Capital: Caracas)
Venezuela has deployed its troops along its Colombian border following US naval strikes on alleged drug carrying Venezuelan boats.
Political features
- Location - Located at the northern end of South America.
- Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the southwest and west.
- It administers a number of Islands in Caribbean such as La orchila islands
Geographical Features
- Climate: Hot and humid tropical climate which is more moderate in the highlands.
- Major river & water body - Orinoco river (empties in Atlantic ocean) Rio Negro (drains in amazon river ), Lake Maracaibo (Largest lake in South America) etc.
- Highest waterfall in the world: i.e. Angel fall on Churún River
- It has the world’s largest oil reserves and a large amount of gas reserves