Puelo River

Puelo River
Bridge on the Carretera Austral
Location of mouth
Native name	Río Puelo  (Spanish)
Location
Countries	Chile Argentina
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Puelo Lake
Mouth
• location	Reloncaví Estuary (Pacific Ocean)
• coordinates	42°07′00″S 71°43′00″W / 42.116667°S 71.716667°W / -42.116667; -71.716667Coordinates: 42°07′00″S 71°43′00″W / 42.116667°S 71.716667°W / -42.116667; -71.716667

The Puelo River has its origin in Lake Puelo in Argentine, and flows north-west through the Andes into Chile and the Reloncaví Estuary of the Reloncaví Sound at the northern end of the Gulf of Ancud.^[1]

Course[]

Just 800 metres (2,600 ft) downstream from its source in Puelo Lake, the river enters Inferior Lake.^[2] 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.^[3] Puelo river's lower course is impeded in such a manner as to form three small lakes, called Superior, Inferior and the Tagua Tagua Lake.^[3]

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