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Icalma Lake
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Icalma Lake is a lake of glacial origin located in the Andes of the La Araucanía Region of Chile. A hamlet on the southern shore of the lake is also called Icalma. About 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the hamlet is Icalma Pass, 1,307 metres (4,288 ft) in elevation and on the border with Argentina. The pass is traversed by a road, unpaved in Chile in 2017 and sometimes impassable during the Southern Hemisphere winter due to heavy snows.[2] Icalma Airport is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of the hamlet.
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Coordinates | 38°48′S 71°17′W |
Primary inflows | Huillinco and Icalma rivers |
Primary outflows | Rukanuco River |
Catchment area | 150 km2 (58 sq mi)[1] |
Basin countries | Chile |
Max. length | 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) |
Max. width | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) |
Surface area | 9.8 square kilometres (2,400 acres) |
Average depth | 66 m (217 ft)[1] |
Max. depth | 135 m (443 ft)[1] |
Water volume | .6 cubic kilometres (490,000 acre⋅ft) |
Surface elevation | 1,150 m (3,770 ft)[1] |
References | [1] |
Icalma Lake is connected to the Laguna Chica de Icalma (Little Lake of Icalma) by a short stream about 300 metres (980 ft) long. The two lakes together have a surface area of 11.7 square kilometres (2,900 acres).[1] Icalma Lake drains northeastwards by way of a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long river named Rukanuco. Icalma Lake and nearby Galletué Lake are the sources of the Bio Bio River.[1]
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