The Juncal River is a river of

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 has its source at the

Juncal Norte Glacier Location Nevado Juncal is a mountain at the border of Argentina and Chile, at the head of Aconcagua Val. It has a height of . It's located at La Yesera, Los Andes Department, Valparaíso Region, at the Central Andes. The mountain hosts several ...

, which originates at the summit of the

Nevado Juncal Location Nevado Juncal is a mountain at the border of Argentina and Chile, at the head of Aconcagua Val. It has a height of . It's located at La Yesera, Los Andes Department, Valparaíso Region, at the Central Andes. The mountain hosts seve ...

. The upper Juncal River watershed is 220 square kilometers in area, of which 137.96 square kilometers is within Parque Andino Juncal, a private protected area and a

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site. The river is joined by the Blanco River to form the

Aconcagua River The Aconcagua River is a river in Chile that rises from the conflux of two minor tributary rivers at above sea level in the Andes, Juncal River from the east (which rise in the Nevado Juncal) and Blanco River from the south east. The Aconcagua ...

. The Juncalillo, one of its tributaries, receives the outflow of

Laguna del Inca Laguna del Inca () is a lake in Valparaíso Region, Chile, close to the border with Argentina. Portillo, Chile, Portillo ski resort is located at the southern end of the lake, near Chile Route 60. The stream that drains the lake is a tributary of ...

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Rivers of Chile Rivers of Valparaíso Region {{Chile-river-stub

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