Puelo River

Puelo River (Río Puelo)
Bridge on the Carretera Austral.
Origin	Puelo Lake
Mouth	Reloncaví Estuary (Pacific Ocean)
Basin countries	Chile, Argentina

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

Course

Just 800 meters 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. Puelo river's lower course is impeded in such a manner as to form the Tagua Tagua Lake.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.