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Wikipedia / List of rivers of Chile

This list of rivers of Chile includes all the major rivers of Chile. See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Usually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain.

Rivers by name

Following lists show the information of GeoNames ordered by names:

Rivers by region

The lists of rivers by region are:

Information in the lists

This list contains:

  1. Name of the stream, in Spanish

  2. Coordinates are the latitude and longitude of the feature in ± decimal degrees, at the mouth of the stream

  3. Link to a map including the (a number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature)

  4. Feature Code explained in http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html

  5. Other names for the same feature, if any

  6. Basin countries additional to Chile, if any

Among all the features recorded in the GeoNames database, Wikipedia has arbitrarily selected for these lists features named "Rio", "Rio", "Canal", "Arroyo", "Estero", "Riachuelo" and they must contain one of following Feature Codes (explained in http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html):

  1. RPDS: rapids, a turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed

  2. CHN: channel, the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows

  3. CNLA: aqueduct, a conduit used to carry water

  4. CNLB: canal bend, a conspicuously curved or bent section of a canal

  5. CNLD: drainage canal, an artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches

  6. CNLI: irrigation canal, a canal which serves as a main conduit for irrigation water

  7. CNLN: navigation canal(s), a watercourse constructed for navigation of vessels

  8. CNLSB: underground irrigation canal(s), a gently inclined tunnel bringing water for irrigation from aquifers

  9. CRKT: tidal creek(s) a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents

  10. DTCH: ditch, a small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land

  11. DTCHI: irrigation ditch, a ditch which serves to distribute irrigation water

  12. DTCHD: drainage ditch, a ditch which serves to drain the land

  13. ESTY: estuary, a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences

  14. FORD: ford, a shallow part of a stream which can be crossed on foot or by land vehicle

  15. SBED: dry stream bed, a channel formerly containing the water of a stream

  16. STM: stream, a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land

  17. STMA: anabranch, a diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream

  18. STMB: stream bend, a conspicuously curved or bent segment of a stream

  19. STMC: canalized stream, a stream that has been substantially ditched, diked, or straightened

  20. STMD: distributary(-ies), a branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal

  21. STMH: headwaters, the source and upper part of a stream, including the upper drainage basin

  22. STMI: intermittent stream

  23. STMIX: section of intermittent stream

  24. STMM: stream mouth(s), a place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea

  25. STMQ: abandoned watercourse, a former stream or distributary no longer carrying flowing water, but still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic or vegetation patterns

  26. STMS: streams, bodies of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land

  27. STMSB: lost river, a surface stream that disappears into an underground channel, or dries up in an arid area

  28. STMX: section of stream

  29. TNLC: canal tunnel, a tunnel through which a canal passes

  30. WTRC: watercourse, a natural, well-defined channel produced by flowing water, or an artificial channel designed to carry flowing water

  31. WTRH: waterhole(s), a natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas

Rivers by latitude

Note: The rivers are ordered by the latitude of their outflows into the ocean, lakes, other rivers or out of Chile respectively.

Largest rivers by basin area

Note: The rivers are ordered by their drainage basin area within Chile.Notes:

  • 1The length in the list is that of the tributary Tinguiririca River

  • 2The length in the list is the sum of Valdivia and Cruces River. The length of the proper Valdivia River is 15km.

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