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Catatumbo River

Catatumbo River
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About Catatumbo River

The Catatumbo River is a river rising in northern Colombia, flowing into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The Catatumbo River is approximately 340 kilometres (210 mi) long.

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It's the Catatumbo River in Venezuela — one tiny spot where, 280 times an hour, for 10 hours a night, for 160 nights a year, lightning strikes this exact same spot and nobody knows why.

from No Such Thing As A Flying Sniffer Dog, 2015-10-16 at 00:08:44 · read transcript

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Coordinates: 9.3442, -71.7106

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