Lacus Maracaibo
Lacus Maracaibo (Hispanice Lago de Maracaibo) est magnus sinus amarus (vel aestuarium) qui ad aestum pertinet in Venetiola et quidem "transitus Maris Caribici" est. Plerumque habetur lacus, pro sinu vel lacuna. Ad Sinum Venetiolanum coniungitur per Fretum Tablazo, quod in parte septentrionali est 5.5 chiliometra latum. Impletur a multis fluminibus, quorum maximum est Catatumbo. Area est 13 210 chiliometra quadrata. Hoc corpus aquae olim erat maximus Americae Australis lacus, secundum praeterea data geologica verus lacus, abhinc annorum a 20 ad 36 milliones unus ex veterrimis telluris lacubus.

Fulgur Catatumboense in Lacu Maracaibo plus fulgur quam alius orbis terrarum locus constanter efficit.

Notae

Bibliographia
Albrecht, R. I., S. J. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, R. J. Blakeslee, et H. J. Christian. 2016 Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00193.1.
Bürgesser, Rodrigo E., Maria G. Nicora, et Eldo E. Ávila. 2012. Characterization of the lightning activity of "Relámpago del Catatumbo." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 77: 241-247. doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2012.01.013.
Fischetti, Mark. 2016. The World's Top Lightning Hotspot Is Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela: Central Africa is the epicenter, but a South American lake ranks number one. Scientific American, Maius 1.
Instituto Nacional de Canalizaciones (Venezuela), Biblioteca. 1982. Bibliografía sobre el Lago de Maracaibo. Caracis: Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones, Instituto Nacional de Canalizaciones, Secretaría de la Presidencia, Biblioteca.
Leng, R. A., T. R. Preston, et Lylian Rodríguez. 2004. The Duckweed Invasion of Lake Maracaibo: An evaluation of the causes and proposals for future action. Caracis: University of Tropical Agriculture Foundation – UTA.
Simons, Hanns, Heinz Wind, et W. Hans Moser. 1963. Die Brücke über den Maracaibo-See in Venezuela: General Rafael Urdaneta Brücke. Berolini et Wiesbaden: Bauverlag.

Nexus externi
"Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela." NASA Earth Observatory.

Res geographicae Venetiolae