Río Valdivia
| Río Valdivia | ||
 Valdivia as seen from Isla Teja |
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| Data | ||
| location | Valdivia , Chile | |
| River system | Río Valdivia | |
| origin | Confluence of Río Calle Calle and Río Cau Cau 39 ° 48 ′ 27 ″ S , 73 ° 14 ′ 41 ″ W |
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| Source height | 1 m | |
| muzzle | opposite Corral (Chile) in the Pacific Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′ 49 ″ S , 73 ° 23 ′ 7 ″ W 39 ° 52 ′ 49 ″ S , 73 ° 23 ′ 7 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 1 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.07 ‰ | |
| length | 15 km | |
The Río Valdivia (Valdivia River) is created in the southern Chilean city of Valdivia by the merger of the Río Calle Calle, coming from the southeast, and the canal-like Río Cau Cau, which joins from the north, east of Isla Teja .
On the southeast side of the Teja island, the Río Valdivia continues to flow to unite at the southern tip of the city island of Teja with the Río Cruces flowing from the north . Further southwest, he leads then to a total of 15 kilometers in the Corral bay opposite the eponymous town Corral in the Pacific Ocean . The width varies between a minimum of 100 meters between Teja and the old town of Valdivia (200 meters at the only bridge Puente Pedro de Valdivia / Avenida Los Robles, which survived the world's strongest earthquake ever recorded in Valdivia in 1960 ) and a good one kilometer at its widest point . It is navigable over its full length, but rarely or mainly used by pleasure boats and exposed to tidal fluctuations.
Web links
- Detailed description of the Río Valdivia and the surrounding water system (Spanish; PDF file; 1.07 MB)
- Brief description with picture of the Puente Pedro de Valdivia (English)
- Two river views (German)