The Andalién River is a river in the
province of Concepción, in the
Bío Bío Region of Chile. It drains the western side of Chile's
Cordillera de la Costa and has a total length of .
It is one of the two rivers that bracket the city of
Concepción.
Course
The Andalién River is formed by the union of the Poñén from the north and the Curapalihue from the south in the
commune of Florida. It then flows southwest and west, and eventually northwest into the city of
Concepción, Chile
Concepción (; originally: ''Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz'', "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and commune in central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Concepción metropolitan a ...
. After the city of Concepción, it flows north through the former villages (now neighbourhoods) of Andalién and El Rosal, and then the
communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
of
Talcahuano
Talcahuano () (From Mapudungun ''Tralkawenu'', "Thundering Sky") is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. Talcahuano is located in the south of the Central Zone of Chile.
Geo ...
, and
Penco
Penco (Mapudungun: See (''Pen''), Water (''Ko'')), is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province, Bío Bío Region on the Bay of Concepción. Founded as the city of Concepción del Nuevo Extremo ('beginning of the new extreme') on Februa ...
. There, on its
alluvial plain
An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the sma ...
northeast of Concepción, it forms
distributaries
A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary ...
, and small lakes, such as the Laguna Negra, before entering the
Bay of Concepción
The Bay of Concepción is a natural bay on the coast of the Province of Concepción in the Bío Bío Region of Chile. Within the bay are many of the most important ports of the region and the country, among them Penco, Talcahuano
Talcahuano ...
.
See also
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Battle of Andalién
Notes and references
Sources
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Rivers of Chile
Rivers of Biobío Region
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