Gallegos ( Spanish: Río Gallegos ) - a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz , in the estuary of which is located the provincial capital Rio Gallegos .
| Gallegos | |
|---|---|
| isp. Rio gallegos | |
 Estuary Rio Gallegos in the area of the same city | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 300 km |
| Pool | 9553.81 km² |
| Water consumption | 15 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | river confluence: Rubens and Penitentes |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
| • Height | 15 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Santa cruz |
 - source  - mouth | |
The length of the river is about 300 kilometers [1] .
Rio Gallegos originates at the confluence of the Rubens and Penitentes rivers. Its largest tributaries are Turbio, Condor, Rio Chico and Surdo.
In the upper reaches, the river passes through a deep gorge where geysers operate. Then Rio Gallegos flows east and after 180 kilometers reaches the Argentine Sea .
In the hot season, the volume of water in the river is significantly reduced.
It is believed that the river got its name after Blasco Gallegosa, one of the pilots on the expedition of Fernando Magellan in 1520.
Rio Gallegos is popular with tourists as a place to catch brook trout .
Notes
- ↑ Cuenca de los ríos Gallegos y Chico. Cuenca Nº 72. - Sistema Nacional de Información Hídrica (Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos de Argentina) https://web.archive.org/web/20110902215211/http://www.hidricosargentina.gov.ar/72.pdf (sp. )