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| Hueihahue River | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Río huenahue (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Continental divide |
| Mouth | |
• location | Maihue Lake |
• elevation | ~90 m (300 ft) |
Hueinahue River is a river in Futrono and Lago Ranco communes, southern Chile. It drains waters from the cordillera at the Argentine border west to Maihue Lake, which in turn flows by Calcurrupe River into Ranco Lake. The river flows in an east-west direction along the Futrono Fault.
Coordinates: 40°18′56″S72°56′53″W / 40.31556°S 72.94806°W
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The Los Ríos Region is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 2007, having been created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile. It consists of two provinces: Valdivia and the newly created Ranco Province, which was formerly part of Valdivia Province.
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Carrán-Los Venados is a volcanic group of scoria cones, maars and small stratovolcanoes in southern Chile, southeast of Ranco Lake. The highest cone is Los Guindos, which is a small stratovolcano with an elevation of 1,114 metres (3,655 ft). The volcanic group has recorded eruptions from 1955 and 1979. Located south of Maihue Lake and north Puyehue Volcano Carrán-Los Venados group is placed at the intersection of several faults on the thin crust (~30 km) of southern Chile, among them Liquiñe-Ofqui and Futrono Fault.
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Futrono Fault is a NWW tending geological fault in Los Ríos Region, running from the northern shore of Ranco Lake through the areas immediately south of Maihue Lake, where it intersects the large Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault, and through the east along the Hueinahue River. The volcanic group of Carrán-Los Venados is located above the fault.
Salto del Nilahue is a waterfall located in the commune of Lago Ranco in southern Chile. It lies in the lower flows of Nilahue River.
Guapi or Huapi is an island in Ranco Lake, southern Chile. Administratively it belongs to the commune of Futrono in Los Ríos Region.
Nilahue River is an Andean river in Lago Ranco commune in south-central Chile.
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