Hydraulic Regime
The Caroni is one of the rivers with the highest discharge rates in the world, with respect to the area of her basin. Her average discharge is 4.850 m3/s, with variations caused by the wet/dry seasons. Her average maximum discharge is 6.260m3/s and the average minimum is 3.570 m3/s. Among the historic extremes are 17.576 m3/s. The Caroni supplies 15,5% of the discharge of the Orinoco river. One of the characteristics of her water is the dark color, caused by the high amount of humic acids due to the incomplete decomposition of the phenol content of the vegetation. The Caroni therefore belongs to the blackwater rivers, as does the Negro River, or Rio Negro in Brazil. In the late 1940s Diamonds were found in the Caroni basin near the famous Lost World Region which then was accessible due to aircraft and four wheel drive vehicles.
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