Río Deseado

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Río Deseado
The Río Deseado in the Ría Deseada

The Río Deseado in the Ría Deseada

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location Argentina
River system Río Deseado
muzzle at Puerto Deseado in the Atlantic Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 39 ″  S , 65 ° 53 ′ 56 ″  W 47 ° 45 ′ 39 ″  S , 65 ° 53 ′ 56 ″  W.
Mouth height 0  m

length 615 km
Right tributaries Río Pinturas

The Río Deseado is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz .

The river represents an extension of the Río Fénix . Originally, the Río Fénix, which rises north of Lake Buenos Aires in the Andes , ran in a wide arc southeast until it sharply near the point where the city of Perito Moreno is today turned west and flowed into Lake Buenos Aires. In order to make the demarcation between Chile and Argentina more advantageous for Argentina (the watershed between the Pacific and the Atlantic was one of the criteria for the demarcation), Francisco P. Moreno initiated the integration of the Río Fénix into the river system of the Río Deseado by building a canal in 1898 . The Río Fénix flows through this from the city of Perito Moreno to the Río Deseado. The upper reaches are now called Río Fénix Grande on maps. The remaining short stretch from the city to Lake Buenos Aires is known as the Río Fénix Chico. Through this measure, Argentina achieved a division of the lake and the gain of several square kilometers on the northeast side of the lake. The system Río Fénix Grande, Río Fénix Chico, Río Deseado represents an artificial river bifurcation : Río Fénix Chico flows over Lago Buenos Aires / Lago General Carrera / Río Baker to the Pacific , Río Deseado flows 615 km into the Atlantic . On its way to the southeast, the river is used for irrigation. Tributaries are u. a. the Río Pinturas .

The river runs underground in parts, but comes to the surface again before the coastal town of Puerto Deseado to form a natural seaport there.

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