Lake Cholila
Glacial lake in Chubut Province, Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lake Cholila (Lago Cholila) is a lake in Chubut Province, Argentina. Lake Cholila is the uppermost of several large lakes in the Futaleufú River system of Argentina that via Yelcho Lake and the Yelcho River flows into the Pacific Ocean in Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and occupies a narrow east to west valley between glaciated peaks of the Andes.
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Location | Chubut Province, Argentina, |
Coordinates | 42°27′36″S 71°40′40″W |
Lake type | glacial lake |
Primary inflows | Tigre River |
Primary outflows | Carrileufú River, discharge 19.3 cubic metres (680 cu ft) per second[1] |
Catchment area | 609 kilometres (378 mi)[2] |
Basin countries | Argentina |
Max. length | 18 kilometres (11 mi) |
Max. width | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) |
Surface area | 17.5 km2 (4,300 acres) |
Average depth | 48.5 metres (159 ft) |
Max. depth | 108 metres (354 ft) |
Water volume | .85 cubic kilometres (690,000 acre⋅ft) |
Residence time | .52 years |
Surface elevation | 540 metres (1,770 ft) |
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