Lake Guri

Water type: Artificial lake
Continent: South America
Climate: Tropical
Country: Venezuela

Siluriformes - Catfishes

Cichliformes - Cichlids

Characiformes - Characins

Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues

Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

The Guri reservoir is the largest reservoir in Venezuela and one of the largest on the world with a surface area of 4,250 square kilometres (1,641 sq mi). The Reservoir is created by the Guri Dam.

The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant, also Guri Dam, previously known as the Raúl Leoni Hydroelectric Plant, is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela, on the Caroni River, built from 1963 to 1969. It is 7,426 metres long and 162 m high.

The hydroelectric power station was once the largest worldwide in terms of installed capacity.