Gallegos River
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Gallegos River (Spanish: Río Gallegos) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary lays Río Gallegos city, capital of the province.
The river is born on the junction of the Rubens and Penitentes rivers, and after traveling 180 kilometres (112 mi) it reaches the Atlantic Coast.
On its way east, after crossing a 200 kilometre (120 mi) wide glaciated canyon, it meets the tributaries Turbio, Cóndor, and Zurdo. In spite of this, the river's stream can be drastically reduced during the dry season.
The river, named after Blasco Gallegos, one of the pilots of the Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1520, is popular for fly fishing of brown trout, but its mainly practiced by tourists.
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