Limarí River is a river of Chile located in the Coquimbo Region. The river is formed at the confluence of the Hurtado and Grande rivers, about 4 km east of the city of Ovalle.[1] The lower course of the river borders the southern portion of Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park. This watershed includes presence of the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, which prehistorically had a much broader distribution,[2] but presently is threatened by the expanding human population in central Chile.
| Limarí River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
| Length | 64 km (40 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 11,800 km2 (4,600 sq mi)[1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Cuenca del río Limarí Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Cuenca del Río Limarí, Dirección general de aguas, Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Gobierno de Chile
30°43′46″S 71°41′45″W / 30.7294°S 71.6958°W
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