Figueroa River

Figueroa River
Río Figueroa[1]
River
Country Chile
Region Aysén Region
Tributaries
 - right Pico River
Source Lago Verde
 - location Lago Verde Comuna
 - elevation 413 m (1,355 ft)
 - coordinates 44°13′39″S 71°54′22″W / 44.22750°S 71.90611°W / -44.22750; -71.90611
Mouth Rosselot Lake
 - location Cisnes Comuna
 - elevation 85 m (279 ft)
 - coordinates 44°02′26″S 72°17′58″W / 44.04056°S 72.29944°W / -44.04056; -72.29944Coordinates: 44°02′26″S 72°17′58″W / 44.04056°S 72.29944°W / -44.04056; -72.29944
Length 61 km (38 mi)
Basin 3,953 km2 (1,526 sq mi)
Discharge mouth
 - average 500 m3/s (17,657 cu ft/s)
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The Figueroa River is a river in the Aysén Region of southern Chile in South America.[3] It runs only sixty-one kilometers from Green Lake (Lago Verde) to Rosselot Lake, but is considered an exceptional trout steam for fly fishing,[4][5] as well as for kayaking and white-water rafting.[6][7] It is part of the Palena River watershed (catchment basin), and its largest tributary is the Pico River.[2]

The Figueroa River runs through mountainous terrian with often steep sided to sheer banks. Erosion has increased in the last fifty years as the mountains sides are burned to clear them for pasturage.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Río Figueroa (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. 1 2 3 "El Problema / Ríos en Peligro" (in Spanish). The Patagonia Without Dams Campaign In Chile. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Los 10 rios mas impresionantes de Carretera Austral, Patagonia - Chile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Flyfishing on rivers in Chile - The Patagonian BaseCamp". First Nature. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Salmones del Lago Rosselot" (in Spanish). InterPatagonia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Río Figueroa". Rivers of Chile.
  7. ↑ "Figueroa River". Expediciones Chile.


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