Caucau River
Caucau River is minor river in the city of Valdivia, southern Chile. Caucau River acts as a regulating channel between Cruces River and Calle-Calle River forming the Isla Teja island in front of the city centre. It confluence with Calle-Calle River marks the beginning of Valdivia River. '[2]
| Caucau | |
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 The scandal-ridden bridge over the Cau-cau River had to be demolished and rebuilt in 2017.[1] | |
Isla Teja in a 1903 map | |
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| Country | Chile |
The subsidence caused by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake caused a permanent flooding of parts botanical garden of the Austral University of Chile that were next to Caucau River.[3]
References
- Chile's Cau Cau bridge may have to be demolished Retrieved on 29 November 2017
- UNGEGN (15 July 2002). "Informes de los gobiernos sobre la situación en sus respectivos países y sobre los progresos realizados en materia de normalización de nombres geográficos desde la séptima conferencia" (PDF). unstats.un.org (in Spanish). UNGEGN. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "The Ecological Approach to the Conservation of Plants in Botanic Gardens - The Experience of the Botanic Garden in Valdivia, Chile". BGCI. June 1998. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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