List of rivers of the Coquimbo Region

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The information regarding List of rivers in the Coquimbo Region on this page has been compiled from the data supplied by GeoNames. [1] It includes all features named "Rio", "Canal", "Arroyo", "Estero" and those Feature Code is associated with a stream of water. [note 1] This list contains 121 water streams.

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Content

This list contains:

  1. Name of the stream, in Spanish Language
  2. Coordinates are latitude and longitude of the feature in ± decimal degrees, at the mouth of the stream
  3. Link to a map including the Geonameid (a number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature)
  4. Feature Code explained in
  5. Other names for the same feature, if any
  6. Basin countries additional to Chile, if any

List

Rivers of Coquimbo Region Chile.cuencas.hidrograficas.coquimbo.svg
Rivers of Coquimbo Region
Elqui River river in Chile

The Elqui River starts in the west Andes and flows into the Pacific Ocean near the Chilean city of La Serena. It is a wine and pisco producing area. Vicuña, the main town of the middle valley, was the home of Nobel Laureate poet Gabriela Mistral.

Turbio River river in Argentina

The Turbio River rises in a mountainous region of the Argentine Andes and discharges to the Última Esperanza Sound in Chile. Río Turbio headwaters are in a part of the Andes where there is no central valley, or gap between the eastern and western ridges. Not far from its mouth to the northwest lies the Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument, where remains of the extinct giant sloth have been discovered, along with evidence of habitation by early man c. 10,000 BC.

The De la Laguna River is a river of Chile.

The Del Toro River is a river of Chile.

See also

Notes

  1. The arbitrarily selected codes are RPDS, CHN, CNLA, CNLB, CNLD, CNLI, CNLN, CNLSB, CRKT, DTCH, DTCHI, DTCHD, ESTY, FORD, SBED, STM, STMA, STMB, STMC, STMD, STMH, STMI, STMIX, STMM, STMQ, STMS, STMSB, STMX, TNLC, WTRC, WTRH

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The Estero Auco is a river of Chile.

The Estero Catemu is a river of Chile.

The Estero Los Loros is a river of Chile.

The Estero Punitaqui is a river of Chile.

References

  1. The GeoNames country data of Chile data was retrieved on September 7, 2014, from http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/CL.zip