Río Mataquito
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| location | Chile , Región del Maule | |
| River system | Río Mataquito | |
| origin | Confluence of the Río Lantué and Río Teno west of Curicó 34 ° 58 ′ 54 ″ S , 71 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W |
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| muzzle | at Punta Roncura in the Pacific Ocean Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′ 20 ″ S , 72 ° 11 ′ 9 ″ W 34 ° 58 ′ 20 ″ S , 72 ° 11 ′ 9 ″ W
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| length | 95 km | |
| Catchment area | 6190 km² | |
| Small towns | Curicó | |
| Communities | Teno, Sagrada Familia, Curepto, Lontué | |
| Residents in the catchment area | 151,000 (2001) | |
The Río Mataquito is a river in the Chilean Región del Maule .
It arises twelve kilometers west of Curicó from the confluence of the Río Lantué and Río Teno . Flowing in a westerly direction, it crosses the coastal cordillera in a wide valley and flows into the Pacific Ocean in the seaside resort of Iloca in the municipality of Licantén .
In the catchment area of the Río Mataquito, which also includes the two rivers Río Lantué and Río Teno, there is a Mediterranean climate with a six-month dry period. The annual mean temperature is 19 ° C, with a minimum of 7 ° C and a maximum of 30 ° C. The annual rainfall is 740 mm.
The name Mataquito probably comes from the Mapudungun , composed of matha (mark) and cutún (to squeeze out), so means something like "to squeeze out the pith".
literature
- Ministerio de Obras Publicas - Dirección General de Aguas (ed.): Cuenca Río Mataquito . Diagnostico y clasificación de los cursos y cuerpos de agua según objetivos de calidad. Santiago de Chile 2004 (Spanish, online [PDF; accessed September 19, 2009]).
- Ríos de Chile - Río Mataquito . In: Ministerio de Educación de Chile and Fundación Chile (ed.): Educarchile - El Portal de la Educación . Santiago de Chile (Spanish, Educarchile [accessed September 19, 2009]).
- NewPace Technology Development Inc. (Ed.): Marine World Database . Punta Roncura. 2009 (English, anchorageworld.com [accessed September 19, 2009]).