List of rivers in Venezuela explained

This is a list of rivers in Venezuela.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Atlantic Ocean

Amazon Basin

• Amazon River (Brazil)
  • Rio Negro
    • Casiquiare canal
      • Baria River
        • Yatuá River
      • Siapa River
      • Pasimoni River
    • Guainía River
      • Conorochite River

Essequibo Basin

• Essequibo River (Guyana)
  • Mazaruni River (Guyana)
    • Cuyuni River
      • Wenamu River
      • Corumpo River
      • Yuruarí River
      • Supamo River
    • Kamarang River

Orinoco Basin

• Orinoco River
  • Rio Grande (distributary, empties into the Boca Grande)
    • Barima River
    • Amacuro River
    • Cuyubini River
    • Aguirre River
  • Caño Araguao (distributary)
  • Caño Mariusa (distributary)
  • Caño Macareo (distributary)
  • Caño Tucupita (distributary)
  • Caño Mánamo (distributary, empties into the Gulf of Paria)
    • Tigre River
      • Morichal Largo River
    • Urecoa River
  • Caroní River
    • Paragua River
      • Asa River
      • Uinebona River
      • Carutu River
    • Carrao River
      • Churún River
    • Icabarú River
    • Acaruay River
    • Aponguao River
    • Cuquenán River
  • Caris River
  • Aro River
    • Arisa River
    • Carapo River
  • Pao River
  • Guaicupa River
  • Cabrutica River
  • Mapire River
  • Caura River
    • Mato River
    • Erebato River
    • Merevarí River
  • Zuata River
  • Iguana River
  • Cuchivero River
  • Manapire River
  • Guariquito River
    • Mocapra River
  • Apure River
    • Guárico River
      • Orituco River
        • Memo River
    • Portuguesa River
      • Guanare River
        • Caño Guanaparo or Guanare Viejo
        • Bocono River
      • Tiznados River
      • Pao River
      • Cojedes River
        • San Carlos River
          • Tinaco River
        • Turbio River
      • Acarigua River
      • Quache River
    • Caucagua River
    • Masparro River
    • Santo Domingo River
    • Pagüey River
    • Canagua River
    • Caparo River
    • Sarare River
    • Uribante River
      • • Arauca River Cunaviche River
    • Matiyure River
      • Orichuna River or Arichuna
  • Chiviripa River
  • Capanaparo River
  • Suapure River
  • Cinaruco River
  • Parguaza River
    • • Meta River Sipapo River
    • Cuao River
    • Autana River
    • Guayapo River
  • Atabapo River
  • Ventuari River
    • Parú River
    • Marieta River
    • Manapiare River
  • Cunucunuma River
  • Casiquiare canal (distributary)
  • Padamo River
    • Matacuni River
  • Ocamo River
  • Mavaca River
  • Manaviche River

Gulf of Paria

• Caño Mánamo listed under Orinoco
• Guanipa River
  • Amana River
• San Juan River
  • Guarapiche River

Caribbean Sea

• Manzanares River
• Neverí River
  • Aragua River
• Unare River
  • Güere River
  • Tamanaco River
• Guapo River
• Tuy River
• Capayo River
• Aroa River
• Yaracuy River
• Tocuyo River
• Hueque River
• Monay River
  • Pedregal River
• Maticora River
• Limón River
  • Socuy River
  • Guasare River

Lake Maracaibo

• Motatán River
• Chama River
• Escalante River
• Catatumbo River
  • Zulia River
    • Pamplonita River (Colombia)
      • Táchira River
  • Tarra River
• Tucuro River
• Apón River
• Palmar River

Lake Valencia

• Tapatapa River or El Limon
• Güey River
• Turmero River
• Aragua River
• Tocorón River
• Güigüe River
• Caño Central
  • Cabriales River
• Los Guayos River
• Guacara River
• Ereigue River
• Cura River
• Mariara River

See also

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

References

• León A, Rafael de. y Rodríguez Díaz, Alberto J. 1976: El Orinoco aprovechado y recorrido. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana y Ministerio de Obras Públicas. Caracas. 216p.
• Zinck, Alfred. 1986. Venezuelan Rivers. Cuadernos Lagoven Lagoven, S.A. Caracas. 64p.
• Gines, H. 1992: Los grandes ríos suramericanos. Ediciones Corpoven. Caracas. 44p.
• McNally, Rand. 1993: The New International Atlas.
• Mapas de Venezuela (in Spanish)