Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro
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Cueva de Quebrada del Toro | |
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![]() ![]() Location of Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro | |
Nearest city | Santa Cruz de Bucaral |
Coordinates | 10°49′56″N 69°00′49″W / 10.83213°N 69.01358°WCoordinates: 10°49′56″N 69°00′49″W / 10.83213°N 69.01358°W |
Area | 48,85 km² |
Established | 21 March 1961 |
Governing body | Inparques |
The Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro is a cave in the Sierra de Falcón in Falcón State, Venezuela. It is an active river cave, through which flows the largest known underground watercourse in Venezuela. It is protected as the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro National Park.
Wildlife[]
Like the Cueva del Guácharo National Park, it has a population of oil-birds (steatornis caripensis).
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Categories:
- IUCN Category II
- Caves of Venezuela
- National parks of Venezuela
- Protected areas established in 1961
- Geography of Falcón
- 1961 establishments in Venezuela
- Tourist attractions in Falcón
- Venezuela geography stubs