Gulf of Venezuela - Golfo de Venezuela

A small bay in northwestern Venezuela, at the northern tip of South America. It is also called Maracaibo Bay. It is separated from the Caribbean Sea by the Guajira Peninsula to the west and the Paraguana Peninsula to the east, and is connected to Lake Maracaibo by a shallow channel to the south. The bay area has a tropical semi-arid climate with an average annual temperature of around 28°C and an annual precipitation of less than 800 mm, and is covered with low shrub forests mixed with cacti. Venezuela's largest oil refineries are located in Amuay and Cardon on the east coast.

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南アメリカ北端、ベネズエラ北西部にある小湾。マラカイボ湾ともいう。西はグアヒラ半島、東はパラグアナ半島によってカリブ海と隔てられ、南方は浅い水道でマラカイボ湖に通じている。湾岸一帯は年平均気温28℃前後、年降水量800ミリ以下の熱帯半乾燥気候で、サボテンを交じえた低灌木(かんぼく)林に覆われている。東岸のアムアイとカルドンにはベネズエラ最大の精油所が立地している。

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