Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)
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found: Work cat.: Romero Moreno, M.E. Desde el Orinoco hacia el siglo XXI, 1989.
found: Dicc. geog. de Colombia, 1971(Orinoco; river which at its mid point serves as the border between Colombia and Venezuela)
found: Web. geog.:p. 896 (Orinoco River, Venezuela; 1281 mi. long; rises in Serra Parima mts. in S. Venezuela, flows W, then N, forming a section of the Colombia-Venezuela boundary; turns E in cen. Venezuela and empties into the Atlantic)
found: BGN gaz., Colombia, 1965(Orinoco Río, 8⁰37ʹN, 62⁰15ʹW)
found: BGN gaz., Venezuela, 1961(Orinoco, Río, 8⁰37ʹN, 62⁰15ʹW)
found: Lippincott(Orinoco River, Venezuela; 2⁰18ʹN, 63⁰15ʹW; rises in Parima mts. on Brazil border, winds in large semicircle flowing NW to Colombia and N along Colombia border, then through center of Ven., running NNE to mouth of Apure R., and finally E to the Atlantic)
found: Britannica 17(Orinoco River (Río Orinoco); this river and its tributaries encompass four-fifths of Venezuela and one-fourth of Colombia; the river itself flows in a giant arc for 1,337 mi., from its source in the Guiana Highlands to its mouth in the Atlantic. Most of its course flows through Venezuela except for a section where it forms part of the frontier between Ven. and Colombia)
found: BGN/bgn(stream; 08°37ʹ00ʺN 062°15ʹ00ʺW)
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1986-02-11: new
2011-06-28: revised
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