Geography


 * Geography **[[image:http://countrystudies.us/venezuela/geography.gif width="312" height="332" align="right"]]

** Venezuela: **


 * Venezuela is a third larger than Texas
 * Borders the Caribbean Sea
 * It is bordered by Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana
 * Mountains break up Venezuela into Maracaibo Lowlands, the mountainous region in the north and northwest, Orinoco Basin, and Guiana Highlands
 * Climate: tropical,, hot and humid
 * Has floods, rockslides, mudslides, and periodic droughts

** Brazil: **


 * Brazil covers nearly half of South America. It is the continent's largest nation
 * It borders every nation on the contient except Chile and Ecuador
 * Over a third of Brazil is drained by the Amazon
 * Borders the Atlanic Ocean
 * Climate: tropical but temperate in the south
 * Mostly flat to rolling highlands, some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt