The international geography . d mangrove woods, and unlike Venezuela 887 western Coro, it suffers from immoderate rainfall, leading to inundationswhich discourage agriculture. Tucacas, the principal port of eastern Coro, isthriving, being connected by railway with the copper mines of Aroa andthe capital of the State of Lara, Barquisimeto. The State of Lara, lyingbetween the Cordillera, the Coro mountains, and the Caribbean ranges,resembles Coro in cUmate and vegetation. Its western part does notexceed 2,600 feet in elevation, is dry, and in the main waterless, althoughthe river Tocuyo passes t
The international geography . d mangrove woods, and unlike Venezuela 887 western Coro, it suffers from immoderate rainfall, leading to inundationswhich discourage agriculture. Tucacas, the principal port of eastern Coro, isthriving, being connected by railway with the copper mines of Aroa andthe capital of the State of Lara, Barquisimeto. The State of Lara, lyingbetween the Cordillera, the Coro mountains, and the Caribbean ranges,resembles Coro in cUmate and vegetation. Its western part does notexceed 2,600 feet in elevation, is dry, and in the main waterless, althoughthe river Tocuyo passes through it ; the east, Yaracui, is a fresh, humid,wooded land, with large plantations of coffee and cacao trees. The Caribbean Range.—The Caribbean system of mountains isseparated by the depression of Barcelona into a western and an easternsection of similar structure. Both are composed of crystalhne schists intwo parallel eastward running chains, between which lies a hollow con-taining in the west numerous dry 4p? LA CUAIRA. Heights in feet Fig. 430.—The Railway from La Giiaira toCaracas. ancient lake beds, and one, the lake of Valencia, still filled with water. In the east, besides the Gulf of Cariaco, a great shallow lagoon and swampy lands separate the two chains. In both sections the northern chain forms the rugged coast of the actual ocean, the southern the former coast of the Tertiary Llanos Sea ; but in the west the northern chain is the higher (Naiguata reaches 9,127 feet, and Silla de Caracas 8,743 feet), while in the east the southern chain is the higher, with Turumiquire 6,562 feet. The eastern and western sections of the chain present many minor differences in geological and orographical structure, and they also differ in vegetation. In the east, forests are found only up to 2,600 feet, the higher parts being grassy pasture grounds, while the western part is richer in wood, and far better cultivated. The two principal towns of the republic, Caracas and Valencia,
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