Fuy River (Spanish: ''Río Fuy'') is a river in the commune of

Panguipulli Panguipulli ( ; Mapudungun for "hill of the puma") is a city and commune in Valdivia Province, southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Panguipulli. It is located on the western edge of Panguipulli Lake, and is on a moraine in the Ch ...

, southern

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. It drains

Pirihueico Lake Pirihueico Lake ( es, Lago Pirihueico, ) is one of Seven Lakes in Panguipulli Commune, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed mountains of the Andes. It is located in a geological fault that includes Panguipulli Lake a ...

and flows southward along the village of

Neltume Neltume is a Chilean town in Panguipulli commune, of Los Ríos Region. It lies along the 203-CH route to Huahum Pass into Argentina. The town's main economic activities are forestry and, more recently, tourism since the Huilo-Huilo Biological ...

where it joins the

Neltume River Neltume River ( es, Río Neltume) is a river in the commune of Panguipulli, southern Chile. It drains Neltume Lake and flows southward where it joins Fuy River and creates together Llanquihue River Llanquihue River ( es, Río Llanquihue) is a r ...

and together they create the

Panguipulli Lake The Panguipulli Lake ( ; es, Lago Panguipulli) is one of the " Seven Lakes" in Panguipulli municipality, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed by mountain ranges of the Andes, on all sides except the west, where the to ...

. The river's origin is near the village of Puerto Fuy (es). In

Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve ( , Pronounced: ) is a private for profit natural reserve and ecotourism area in southern Chile. It is by the community of Neltume along the international road to Hua Hum Pass near the border to Argentina. The res ...

there are two waterfalls, the Salto la Leona and the Salto Huilo-Huilo, two important touristic attractions, they can be reached by trekking inside the reserve.

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Río Fuy
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