Editing Venezuela (section)

=== Deserts ===
[[File:Medanos de Coro Falcon.jpg|thumb|[[Médanos de Coro National Park]], [[Paraguaná Peninsula]], [[Falcón|Falcón State]], Venezuela]]

Venezuela has a great diversity of landscapes and climates,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBe4AAAAIAAJ&q=Venezuela+has+a+great+diversity+of+landscapes+and+climates|title=The Latin America & Caribbean Review|date=1986|publisher=World of Information|isbn=9780904439557|language=en|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129032522/https://books.google.com/books?id=wBe4AAAAIAAJ&q=Venezuela+has+a+great+diversity+of+landscapes+and+climates|url-status=live}}</ref> including arid and dry areas. The main [[desert]] in the country is in the state of Falcon near the city of Coro. It is now a protected park, the [[Médanos de Coro National Park]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Baño|first=Adrián Hernández|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BolrAAAAMAAJ&q=Venezuela+medanos+de+coro|title=Secretos de los Médanos de Coro|date=1986|publisher=Instituto de Cultura del Estado Falcón|isbn=978-980-6081-09-3|language=es|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129032406/https://books.google.com/books?id=BolrAAAAMAAJ&q=Venezuela+medanos+de+coro|url-status=live}}</ref> The park is the largest of its kind in Venezuela, covering 91 square kilometres. The landscape is dotted with cacti and other xerophytic plants that can survive in humidity-free conditions near the desert.

Desert wildlife includes mostly lizards, [[iguanas]] and other reptiles. Although less frequent, the desert is home to some foxes, giant anteaters and rabbits. There are also some native bird populations, such as the sparrowhawk, tropical mockingbird, scaly dove and crested quail.

Other desert areas in the country include part of the Guajira Desert in the Guajira Municipality in the north of Zulia State<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salazar-Quijada|first=Adolfo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FuIKAQAAIAAJ&q=Venezuela+guajira+venezolana|title=Toponimia de la Guajira venezolana|date=1971|publisher=Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Seminario de Lenguas Indígenas|language=es|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129032407/https://books.google.com/books?id=FuIKAQAAIAAJ&q=Venezuela+guajira+venezolana|url-status=live}}</ref> and facing the [[Gulf of Venezuela]], the Médanos de Capanaparo<ref>{{Cite book|last=Colombo-Venezolanos|first=Venezuela Comisión Presidencial para Asuntos Fronterizos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVOzAAAAIAAJ&q=M%C3%A9danos+de+Capanaparo|title=Apure: diagnostico y estrategias de desarrollo fronterizo|date=1993|publisher=La Comisión|isbn=978-980-03-0130-2|language=es|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129032523/https://books.google.com/books?id=MVOzAAAAIAAJ&q=M%C3%A9danos+de+Capanaparo|url-status=live}}</ref> in the Santos Luzardo National Park in [[Apure State]], the Medanos de la Isla de Zapara<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hidrocarburos|first=Venezuela Ministerio de Minas e|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IalPfsEpFsC&q=M%C3%A9danos+de+zapara|title=Memoria - Ministerio de Minas e Hidrocarburos|date=1962|publisher=El Ministerio.|language=es|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129032905/https://books.google.com/books?id=4IalPfsEpFsC&q=M%C3%A9danos+de+zapara|url-status=live}}</ref> in Zulia State, the so-called Hundición de Yay<ref>{{Cite book|last=Léidenz|first=Misael Salazar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spASAQAAIAAJ&q=Hundici%C3%B3n+de+Yay|title=Venezuela en la magia, el mito y la leyenda|date=2001|publisher=Editorial Guaraira Repano|isbn=978-980-07-8548-5|language=es|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129032915/https://books.google.com/books?id=spASAQAAIAAJ&q=Hundici%C3%B3n+de+Yay|url-status=live}}</ref> in the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality of Lara State, and the Urumaco Formation also in Falcón State.