The Correntoso River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
located in
Villa La Angostura
Villa La Angostura (Spanish for ''Town of the Narrowing'') is a town located in the Los Lagos Department in the south of the Argentine province of Neuquén, on the northwest shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake.
Nestled in the northern part of the Nahu ...
,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. This river runs from
Correntoso Lake to
Nahuel Huapi Lake
Nahuel Huapi Lake ( es, Lago Nahuel HuapÃ) is a lake in the lake region of northern Patagonia between the provinces of RÃo Negro and Neuquén, in Argentina. The tourist center of Bariloche is on the southern shore of the lake.
The June 2 ...
, standing out as one of the shortest rivers in the world, with between 200 and 300 m in length (depending on the height of the lakes). This river is famous among the
fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...
enthusiasts, due to the abundance of large
trout
Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...
, especially at the mouth of Nahuel Huapi Lake.
[Flyfishing Argentina, ]
Pesca en el rÃo Correntoso
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See also
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List of rivers of Argentina
This is a list of rivers of Argentina.
Longest Rivers
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers in the table above are in bold.
La Plata Basin
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References
Rivers of Neuquén Province
Nahuel Huapi National Park
Rivers of Argentina
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