Editing Apure (section)

=== Hydrography ===
The state is sliced by numerous rivers of great length and breadth, all of which are part of the [[Orinoco]] river basin.  The [[Apure River]], the most important of these, is at the same time the main Venezuelan tributary of the Orinoco from its left border, and the second longest in the country: it covers some {{cvt|1000|km}} from its source to its mouth.  

All of the lands in the south of the state constitute a zone where the springs, the branches, the rivers, the lagoons, and the swamps extraordinarily complicate the hydrography.  Apure relies on an abundant [[phreatic zone]] that supplies the cities and towns with potable water, and a few decades ago networks of modules were created that allowed water storage for use in periods of drought.  The most important rivers in the state are: the Apure for which the state is named; the Arauca, at more than {{cvt|700|km}} long, which has its source in Colombia and forms the border between the two countries for a stretch, and unites the Apure by means of various branches and springs before flowing into the Orinoco; the [[Orichuna River|Orichuna]] Channel at more than {{cvt|500|km}} long; the [[Capanaparo River|Capanaparo]], [[Cinaruco River|Cinaruco]], [[Cunaviche River|Cunaviche]], [[Matiyure River|Matiyure]], and [[Meta River|Meta]].  The upper courses of the Apure River are formed by the [[Uribante River|Uribante]] and the [[Sarare River|Sarare]], whose lower parts are found in the state of Apure.