Serranía del Delgado Chalbaud

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Serranía del Delgado Chalbaud is a remote mountain range in southeastern Venezuela, notable as part of the Guiana Shield and for containing the headwaters of the Orinoco River.


Statements (29)
Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
access difficult overland access
biodiversity high biological diversity
characteristic remote
sparsely populated
climate high rainfall
humid tropical
conservationStatus relatively undisturbed natural area
continent South America
country Venezuela
drainageBasin Amazon–Orinoco watershed region
Orinoco Basin
ecosystem montane forest
tropical rainforest
geologicalContext Guiana Craton
Precambrian shield
humanPresence very limited permanent settlements
hydrologicalSignificance contains headwaters of the Orinoco River
importance source area for major Venezuelan river system
locatedIn Amazonas state, Venezuela
southeastern Venezuela
locatedOn Guiana Shield
namedAfter Landaeta Delgado Chalbaud family (Delgado Chalbaud surname)
partOf Guiana Highlands
upper Orinoco region
relativeLocation near the border with Brazil
within the Venezuelan Guayana region
riverSourceFor Orinoco River
terrainType table mountains and uplands

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Orinoco River
sourceLocation

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