Nancy Wexler traced the high level of Huntington's Disease in the villages that surround this lake to a single woman who migrated there in the 1800s in an example of the founder effect. This lake's basin contains a namesake city, the capital of Zulia State, and Cabimas lies on its shore. The decision to allow tankers bringing oil from the Tomoporo region into this lake has caused increased salinity, which may have helped fuel an outbreak of lemna, a type of duckweed coving up to 18% of it. The Catatumbo River flows into this lake, which is spanned by the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge. This lake has an outlet to a gulf named for the nation that contains it, an arm of
Nancy Wexler traced the high level of Huntington's Disease in the villages that surround this lake to a single woman who migrated there in the 1800s in an example of the founder effect. This lake's basin contains a namesake city, the capital of Zulia State, and Cabimas lies on its shore. The decision to allow tankers bringing oil from the Tomoporo region into this lake has caused increased salinity, which may have helped fuel an outbreak of lemna, a type of duckweed coving up to 18% of it. The Catatumbo River flows into this lake, which is spanned by the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge. This lake has an outlet to a gulf named for the nation that contains it, an arm of the Caribbean Sea. For 10 points, name this lake in northern Venezuela, the largest in South America.
Nancy Wexler traced the high level of Huntington's Disease in the villages that surround this lake to a single woman who migrated there in the 1800s in an example of the founder effect.
Lake {Maracaibo}