Catatumbo lightning

noun

An atmospheric phenomenon over and around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, involving very frequent and numerous lightning flashes, typically over a boggy area where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.

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nounCatatumbo lightning (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn atmospheric phenomenon over and around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, involving very frequent and numerous lightning flashes, typically over a boggy area where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.
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