Guanoco asphalt lake, Venezuela.

in #nature7 years ago

The asphalt lake of Guanoco, Venezuela is one of the five largest natural asphalt lake in the world, with the other La Brea in Trinidad and Tobago, Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles), and McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) and Carpinteria Tar Pits (Carpentry), located in the state of California, United States.

This asphalt lake covers an area of about 420 hectares (4.2 million square meters, or 4.2 square kilometers) and presents a depth ranging from 1, 5 to 2 meters

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Asphalt lake of Guanoco

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