Geography
The Coastal Range actually consists of two parallel ranges, which run east and west along the coast of the Caribbean Sea. The Cojedes River separates the western end of Coastal Range from the Cordillera de Mérida to the southeast. The range is divided into eastern and western sections by the wide bay between Cape Codera and Cumaná.
In eastern section of the range, the parallel ranges are known as the Serranía del Litoral, which runs along the Caribbean coast, and the Serranía del Interior. The valley between these two ranges, which includes Lake Valencia, the valleys of Caracas, and the Tuy River at its eastern end, is the most densely peopled part of Venezuela. Caracas lies in a valley between two branches of the Serranía del Litoral: the Cerro El Ávila to the north, and smaller hills to the south.
Both the littoral and interior ranges reappear between Cumaná and the Gulf of Paria to form the eastern section of the cordillera. The Littoral range forms the Araya Peninsula to the west and the Paria Peninsula to the west, and extends across the straits known as the Dragon's Mouths to form the Northern Range of the island of Trinidad.
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