Puelo River

Puelo River (Río Puelo)
Bridge on the Carretera Austral.
Country Chile, Argentina
Physical characteristics
Main source Puelo Lake
River mouth Reloncaví Estuary (Pacific Ocean)

The Puelo River has its origin in Lake Puelo in Argentine, and flows north-west through the Andes into Chile and the Reloncaví Estuary of the Reloncaví Sound at the northern end of the Gulf of Ancud.

Course

Just 800 metres (2,600 ft) downstream from its source in Puelo Lake, the river enters Inferior Lake.[1] After leaving the lake, the river flows in a generally northwesterly direction, receiving the waters of a chain of lakes, the largest being Azul and Las Rocas. It also receives the waters of Ventisquero and Traidor rivers. A part of the northernmost border of Pumalín Park approximately parallels the course of the Ventisquero River. Traidor River rises in Hornopirén National Park.

A large northern tributary of the Puelo, the Manso, has its sources in Mascardi Lake and other lakes and streams south-east of the Cerro Tronador, also in Argentina, and flows south-west through the Andes to unite with the Puelo a few kilometers west of the 72nd meridian.[2] Puelo river's lower course is impeded in such a manner as to form three small lakes, called Superior, Inferior and the Tagua Tagua Lake.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chebez, J.C. (2005). Patagonia Norte. Guía de las Reservas Naturales de la Argentina.
  2. 1 2 Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chile". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 144.



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