El Ichibi leMaracaibo lolona phawu lukhulu lwendalo lwe Urhulumente waseZulia ngolwandiso olupheleleyo lwe-13.000 km2. Lelinye lamachibi amakhulu angama-23 emhlabeni.
Kwaye kukuba umthamo wezithuthi kunye nokuthuthwa kwempahla ethunyelwe emanzini ayo ngowona mkhulu kunalo naliphi na elinye ichibi laseVenezuela, elinika ubomi kwezothutho nakwezorhwebo kwishishini leZulia State.
I-General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge ngaphezulu kweLake Maracaibo idibanisa ummandla osempuma kunye nelizwe liphela. Yinto yobugcisa yobunjineli eyakhiwe ngekhonkrithi. Ukwakhiwa kwayo kwahlala iminyaka emihlanu ngexabiso le-B.Zi-350 yezigidi (i-100 yezigidi zeedola kukhetho lokwakha) ngobude be-8.678 m. (8,6 km. Approx.) Oko kudibanisa iMaracaibo nePuerto Palmarejo, kunxweme olusempuma.
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba kusekho iidolophana eLake Maracaibo. Injalo imeko yaseSanta Rosa, idolophu eyakhiwe kwi "palafitos" (izindlu ezakhiwe emanzini echibi) apho kukho ukugcwala kwenqanawa okuxhaphakileyo okuxhaphakileyo kule ndawo yesixeko. Indawo, ebuyisa iinkumbulo zookhokho bomthonyama, iye yaba yindawo yabakhenkethi engaqhelekanga apho ungangcamla ukutya okumnandi okuqhelekileyo emanzini echibi.
Kukho enye idolophu efanayo kwichweba laseSinamaica emantla oRhulumente waseZulia. Le lali intle ayiboneleli ngokonwaba kubakhenkethi kuphela, kodwa nazo zonke iintlobo zoncedo kubantu belali ezifana nokutya, iikhemesti, iivenkile kunye nezinye iinkonzo eziqhelekileyo zekhaya.
Le dolophu inqabileyo ebonakala ngathi ivela emanzini, ngephenyane layo, inkcubeko, isiko kunye namasiko enze iSinamaica yaba yenye yeendawo ezinomtsalane kunye neendawo zolonwabo kwingingqi yaseZulia.