Palena River
| Palena River Río Buta Palena[1] (Carrenleufú[2]) |
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| Río Corcovado[3] | |
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Headwaters at Vintter Lake
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| Countries | Argentina, Chile |
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| District | South America |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Rosselot River |
| - right | Rio Frio |
| Source | Vintter Lake |
| - location | Andes, Patagonia, Argentina |
| - elevation | 927 m (3,041 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Mouth | Gulf of Corcovado |
| - location | Pacific Ocean, Chile |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Length | 240 km (149 mi) |
| Basin | 12,887 km2 (4,976 sq mi) |
| Discharge | mouth |
| - average | 130 m3/s (4,591 cu ft/s) |
The Palena River or Carrenleufú is a river shared by Chile and Argentina in Northern Patagonia. It drains the waters of the Vintter Lake, also shared by these nations, and it flows into the Pacific Ocean.
This river has a regular glacial regime and rapid white waters. The rapids between Palena and Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda are choice kayaking white water.[4] The volume and rapid drop in elevation of the river is ideal for hydroelectric power plants. There are several projects at both sides of the border to use this power.[citation needed]
Contents
Course
The river originas as the Carrenleufú as the out-flow from Lake Vintter. Its major tributaries include the Tranquilo, Figueroa, Frío, Risopatrón and Melimoyu rivers.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Río Buta Palena (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Río Carrenleufú (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ Río Corcovado (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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