Editing Geography of Venezuela (section)

== Soil ==
[[File:Kaolin in Guiana Shield of Venezuela.jpg|thumb|A deposit of white clay which is also known as [[kaolinite]] surrounded by [[latosol]]. This photo was taken in Cantarrana, [[Bolívar (state)|Bolivar state]], Venezuela.<ref name=":5">{{Citation |title=English: A primary deposit of kaolin (white clay) near Cantarrana in Bolivar state, Venezuela. The kaolin was formed by the alteration of feldspar crystals of the mainly granitic basement rocks of the Guiana Shield. |date=2010-12-24 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaolin_in_Guiana_Shield_of_Venezuela.jpg |access-date=2023-03-01}}</ref>]]
Venezuelan soil is oftentimes unusable or considered infertile for typical farming and growing use. Reddish [[latosol]] is the typical type of soil that can be found throughout the entirety of Venezuela.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Venezuela {{!}} Economy, Map, Capital, Collapse, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Venezuela |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> This type of soil is rich in iron and aluminum oxide and extremely difficult in most other minerals. The abundance of iron and aluminum oxide is almost entirely due in part to the fact that these minerals are insoluble.<ref name=":2" /> Venezuelan soil is oversaturated and moist which makes it lacking in other soluble minerals. Rivers, like the [[Orinoco|Rio Orinoco]] and the [[Caroní River|Caroní]]''',''' are susceptible to flooding due in part to the heavy precipitation and intense wet seasons.<ref name=":2" />

Most fertile soil in Venezuela is created through the drainage of water from soils and designated agricultural farms.<ref name=":2" /> Historically, places within Venezuela with especially poor soil have been avoided as settlement areas.<ref name=":2" /> Only roughly 5% of the Venezuelan population is located south of the Orinoco river.<ref name=":2" /> Due to this issue of oversaturated soils Venezuela has invested in drainage technology, namely in two large watersheds. These watersheds dump into the Caribbean and the Atlantic respectively.<ref name=":2" />