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The Biobío River (often misspelled as Bío Bío or Bio-Bio[citation needed]) is the second largest river in Chile. It originates from Icalma and Galletué lakes in the Andes and flows 380 km to the Gulf of Arauco on the Pacific Ocean. [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (blue outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (green lines) of a contiguous area. ...
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In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ...
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The major tributaries of the river are the Malleco and the Laja. The river is Chile's second-longest river (the longest being Loa River) and Biobío basin is Chile's third largest watershed, after Loa and Baker basins. The river is also the widest river in Chile, with an average width of 1 km. In the Metropolitan area of Concepción, the river is crossed by four bridges: Biobío Railroad Bridge (1889), Biobío Bridge (1942), Juan Pablo II Bridge (1973) and Llacolén Bridge (2000). Malleco River is a river in Malleco Province, Araucania Region, southern Chile. ...
A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (blue outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (green lines) of a contiguous area. ...
The Baker River is a river located in the Aysen Region of the Chilean Patagonia. ...
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The Juan Pablo II Bridge, also known as Puente Nuevo (New Bridge), is a major bridge in Chile, located in The Greater Concepción, the second largest metropolis (conurbation) in Chile (With Santiago being the largest). ...
 The Biobío at Concepción close to where it meets the sea Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 896 KB)This photo taken by Paul Edmonds about December, 2004 on a Olympus Mu Digital camera. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 896 KB)This photo taken by Paul Edmonds about December, 2004 on a Olympus Mu Digital camera. ...
City motto: La Capital del Sur de Chile The Capital of the South of Chile Also called Biobios Pearl Founded October 5, 1550, Original Name La Concepción de MarÃa PurÃsima del Nuevo Extremo Region BÃo-BÃo Region Area - City Proper 222 km² Population - City...
Course The Biobío river originates at the west shore of Galletué Lake, within the national reserve that bears the same name. The river flows east for a few kilometers to the point where it receives the waters of the near Icalma Lake, through a short stream. Then, it turns its course northwestward, meandering through Andean valleys and receiving the discharges from some minor tributaries, as are the Lonquimay and the Rahue. The Lonquimay is fed by some glaciers of Sierra Nevada and passes close to the town of the same name. Just downstream from the confluence with the Rahue, the upper course of the river, locally known as Alto Biobío, begins to run rapidly through narrow canyon. This article is about the mountain system in South America. ...
Sierra Nevada is a stratovolcano which lies in Chile. ...
Lonquimay is the terminus of a broad gauge railway in Chile, which is often, still today, cited as the most practical railroad route over the Andes to Argentina. ...
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After reaching the Intermediate Depression, the river flows through a predominantly flat area, increasing its width between 60 to 120 meters and reducing its speed, which allows the navigation in some zones. In the middle course, the Vergara River joins the Biobío in the vicinity of Nacimiento, draining a great part of southern river basin after receiving the waters of rivers such as the Malleco and the Renaico, which constitute a northwest-oriented and parallel network of drainage to the Biobío of a great part of the northern Andean portion of the Araucanía Region. The rolling hills of central Chile. ...
Nacimiento (English: Nativity) is a rural town of Chile situated in the Bio Bio region, 550km south of Santiago de Chile, and 104km from the closest major town of the region, Concepción. ...
Malleco River is a river in Malleco Province, Araucania Region, southern Chile. ...
AraucanÃa is Chiles ninth administrative region from north to south. ...
To the east of Chilean Coastal Range, near the cities of San Rosendo and La Laja, Biobío River is joined by the Laja River, its major tributary in terms of volume of water. From here, the river follows its course increasing its width considerably, reaching 2 km wide at its mouth on Pacific Ocean, near San Pedro de la Paz, Gran Concepción. The Chilean Coast Range (Spanish: ) is a mountain range that runs southward parallel with the Andean Mountains, from the morro de Arica to the Taitao Peninsula where it ends together with the Nazca Plate. ...
History It was the traditional borderline during the War of Arauco between southern Mapuche self-ruled areas and northern Spanish-ruled Chile. The territory south of the river was not incorporated into the Chilean state until the 1880s after the campaigns of the "Pacification of the Araucanía". This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Mapuche test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, People + Mapu, of the Land) are the Indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. ...
// Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
Map showing the old and the new frontier established by 1870 The Occupation of the Araucania (1861–1883) were a series of military campaigns, agreements and penetration by the Chilean Army and settlers that lead to the incorporation of the AraucanÃa to the Chilean national territory. ...
In the early 1980s it was renowned as being one of world's best whitewater rafting venues with a trip that lasted seven days through some of Chile's wilderness areas. Endesa, the Chilean state-run power company at that time, constructed the Pangue dam, despite strong protests by environmentalists. With the loss of the whitewater rafting venue, there was also the displacement of indigenous Pehuenche people, who had lived in the area for centuries. Rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water. ...
References - ^ a b c Cuenca del río Biobío
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