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poor in production with only 11% of its entire territory in production. The most important cities are: San
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The Apure River crosses the western plains from west to east, its torrent being fed in the north by the inflows of the
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The lower plains, basically below 100 meters above sea level, are flooded during the rainy season or winter and have many rivers, parallel to each other and that change course frequently, due to the action of the dunes (sand mountains) that are moved by the winds during the drought (summer).
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