X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Caroní River


Caroni

Caroní River, one of the biggest rivers of the Orinoco basin in Venezuela

Caroní River

In the high basin of the rivers that form the Caroni (Aponguao, Cuquenán and Yuruaní) the Gran Sabana unfolds itself, partly belonging to the Canaima National Park.

The higher basin of the Caroni is situated in the Gran Sabana (Canaima National Park) close to the border with Brazil.

Tocoma Dam

The Manuel Piar Hydroelectric Power Plant (Tocoma Dam) is under construction and it is the last hydroelectric development project in the Lower Caroní River Basin of Venezuela.


Aripo

The Aripo River, which flows from the Aripo Massif, through the Aripo Valley and eventually joins the Caroni River


see also