Catatumbo lightning
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catatumbo-lightning-182-9785810
title:
Catatumbo lightning
text:
Catatumbo lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Bari people. It originates from a mass of storm clouds at an altitude of more than 1 km (0.6 mi), and occurs for 140 to 160 nights a year, nine hours per day, and with lightning flashes from 16 to 40 times per minute. It occurs over and around Lake Maracaibo, typically over a bog area formed
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Atmospheric phenomenon in Venezuela
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatumbo_lightning
date created:
2008-02-17T21:24:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T07:40:38Z
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