El Maracaibo nyanza ndohunhu hwakakura kwazvo hwe Zulia nyika nekuwedzera kwakazara kwe13.000 km2. Iri nderimwe remadhamu makuru makumi maviri nematatu pasi rose.
Uye ndezvekuti huwandu hwemotokari uye kutakura zvinhu zvinotumirwa kuburikidza nemvura yayo ndiyo hombe kupfuura chero rimwe gungwa muVenezuela, ichipa hupenyu kune yekufambisa nekutengesa indasitiri yeZulia State.
Iyo General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge pamusoro peLake Maracaibo inosanganisa dunhu rekumabvazuva nenyika yese. Icho chigadzirwa cheinjiniya chakavakwa mukongiri. Kuvakwa kwaro kwakatora makore mashanu pamutengo weB. 350 mamirioni ($ 100 mamirioni kusvika kusarudzo yekuvaka) nehurefu hwe8.678 m. (8,6 km. Approx.) Izvo zvinobatanidza Maracaibo nePuerto Palmarejo, pamhenderekedzo yekumabvazuva.
Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti kuchine mimwe misha paLake Maracaibo. Izvi ndizvo zvakaitika kuSanta Rosa, dhorobha rakavakirwa pa "palafitos" (dzimba dzakavakirwa mumvura dzedziva) uko kune kwakanyanya kufamba kwechikepe kwakajairika munzvimbo ino yeguta. Nzvimbo, iyo inounza ndangariro dzemadzitateguru emuno, yave nzvimbo inoshamisa yevashanyi kwaunogona kuravira chikafu chinonaka chiri mumvura dzegungwa.
Kune rimwewo guta rakafanana mudziva reSinamaica kuchamhembe kweZulia nyika. Uyu musha unoshamisa haungopi varaidzo chete kune vashanyi, asiwo mhando dzese dzezvivakwa kune vekumusha senge zvekutengesa, zvitoro zvemishonga, mashopu uye mamwe mabasa anozivikanwa epamba.
Iri dhorobha risingawanzo rinoratidzika kunge rinobuda mumvura, neigwa rayo, tsika, tsika nemagariro izvo zvaita Sinamaica imwe yeinokwezva nenzvimbo dzekutandara munzvimbo yeZulia.