Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro

Cueva de Quebrada del Toro
IUCN category II (national park)

Location of Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro
Nearest city	Santa Cruz de Bucaral
Coordinates	10°49′56″N 69°00′49″W / 10.83213°N 69.01358°W / 10.83213; -69.01358Coordinates: 10°49′56″N 69°00′49″W / 10.83213°N 69.01358°W / 10.83213; -69.01358
Area	48,85 km²
Established	21 March 1961
Governing body	Inparques

The Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro is a cave in the Sierra de Falcón in Falcón State, Venezuela. It is an active river cave, through which flows the largest known underground watercourse in Venezuela. It is protected as the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro National Park.

Wildlife

Like the Cueva del Guácharo National Park, it has a population of oil-birds (steatornis caripensis).

External links

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National parks of Venezuela

Western Venezuela	Cerro Saroche Ciénagas de Juan Manuel Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro Dinira El Guache Morrocoy Médanos de Coro Sierra de Perijá Sierra de San Luis Terepaima Tirgua General Manuel Manrique Yacambú Yurubí

Venezuelan Andes	Chorro El Indio El Tamá General Cruz Carrillo en Guaramacal General Juan Pablo Peñalosa en los Páramos El Batallón y La Negra Sierra La Culata Sierra Nevada Tapo-Caparo

Los Llanos	Aguaro-Guariquito Santos Luzardo Río Viejo San Camillo

Central Region	El Ávila Guatopo Henri Pittier Laguna de Tacarigua Macarao San Esteban

Eastern Region	Delta del Orinoco Cueva del Guácharo Mochima Península de Paria Turuépano

Region of Guayana	Canaima Duida-Marahuaca Jaua-Sarisariñama Parima Tapirapecó Serranía de la Neblina Yapacana

Offshore	Archipiélago Los Roques Cerro El Copey Laguna de la Restinga

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