Key facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- Source
- Kukenan
- Location
- in Gran Sabana , Bolívar
- Coordinates
- 5°11′10″N 60°48′58″W / 5.186°N 60.816°W / 5.186; -60.816
- Elevation
- 2,271 m (7,451 ft)
- 2nd source
- Yuruaní
- Mouth
- Orinoco
- Length
- 952 km (592 mi)
- Basin size
- 95,000 km (37,000 sq mi)
- Average
- 5,093 m /s (179,900 cu ft/s) at the mouth
- Progression
- Caroní → Orinoco → Atlantic Ocean
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Bolívar
- Continent
- South America
- Image
- Aliviadero del embalse Macagua.jpg
- Length
- 764.88
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- watershed area
- 97000
- drainage basin
- Orinoco basin
- discharge
- 4850
- Commons category
- Caroní River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Orinoco River
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Encyclopedic overview
The Caroní River is the second most important river of Venezuela, the second in flow, and one of the longest, 952 kilometres (592 mi) from the Kukenan tepui through to its confluence with the Orinoco River. The name "Caroní" is applied starting from the confluence of the Kukenan with the Yuruaní River at 182 kilometres (113 mi) from the source of the Kukenan and 770 kilometres (480 mi) from its discharge in the Orinoco. The confluence takes place in Bolivar State. The Caroní River is the longest river located entirely within Venezuela.
Hydraulic regime
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caroní River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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