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=== Climate === | === Climate === | ||
The overall climate of Veneza is warm to hot almost all year. The temperature in the state varies from 22 to 36 °C (72 to 97 °F). The coast is tropical (Af, As, and Aw), tempered by the cool trade winds and the cooler Jordas current; in the more elevated, semi-arid regions of the state's southeast, it is very hot and dry (often above 22 °C (72 °F), but seldom above 30 °C (86 °F)), although the nights are cool. The state has a generally low-lying topography | |||
The extreme southern portion of the state that lies inland along the equator is part of the Pantanal region of Cartadania (located in all four major Luson states). It is characterized by very high humidity and large amounts of rainfall. While it doesn't receive as much rainfall as Alexandria's pantanal, monthly precipitation does range from {{convert|80|mm|in}} in July to {{convert|195|mm|in}} in March. It typically rains on almost 215 days every year in their region, making it one of the rainiest places in the country. | |||
=== Fauna === | === Fauna === | ||
Veneza is host to many types of wildlife including marine mammals like the {{wp|bottlenose dolphin}}, {{wp|dugong}}, {{wp|Monk seal}} (the state animal), {{wp|right whale}}, and {{wp|short-finned pilot whale}}, terrestrial mammals like the {{wp|Puma}}, {{wp|mink}}, {{wp|cottontail rabbit}}, {{wp|raccoon}}, {{wp|striped skunk}}, {{wp|squirrel}}, {{wp|white-tailed deer}}, {{wp|Iberian lynx|lynx}}es, {{wp|red fox}}, {{wp|gray fox}}, {{wp|golden jackal}}, {{wp|wild boar}}, and {{wp|sun bear}}, and reptiles such as {{wp|Trioceros jacksonii|three-horned chameleon}} and {{wp|rainbow boa}}. In 2020, there were about one million {{wp|Black caiman}} as well. | |||
Bird species in Veneza include the peregrine falcon, harpy eagle, Sarpedonic flamingo, crested caracara, snail kite, osprey, white and brown pelicans, sea gulls, whooping and sandhill cranes, roseate spoonbill, white ibis, and others. The state is a wintering location for many species of Odoneru birds. | |||
As a result of climate change, there have been small numbers of several new species normally native to cooler areas of the Odoneru basin: snowy owls, harlequin ducks, and razorbills. These have been seen in the northern part of the state. | |||
Veneza also has more than 500 nonnative animal species and 1,000 nonnative insects found throughout the state. Some of these nonnative species do not pose a threat to any native species, but some do threaten the native species of Veneza by living in the state and eating them. | |||
=== Flora === | === Flora === | ||
The state has more than 26,000 square miles (67,000 km2) of forests, covering about half of the state's land area.[107] | |||
There are about 3,000 different types of wildflowers in Veneza. This is the fourth-most diverse state in the union, behind Milan, Verona, and Viterna. In Veneza, wild populations of coconut palms extend up the state's coastline. Many of the smallest coral islands in the Venetian islands are known to have abundant coconut palms sprouting from coconuts deposited by ocean currents. The state also has large populations of homonymously named {{wp|Canary Island date palm|Veneza palm}}, although these are a date variety and do not produce coconuts. | |||
=== Regions === | === Regions === | ||
Veneza is divided into three superregions–the Sonora valley, Veneza proper, and the Vittoria territory. These are further divided into Desert, Pantanal, and Lower Savanna for the Sonora Valley, Upper Veneza and Lower Veneza in Veneza proper, and Oceanside, Ranges, and Upper Savanna for the Vittoria territory. | |||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||