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Lake Rivadavia (Lago Rivadavia) is a lake in 
Villa Lago Rivadavia is the only nearby town and is located north of the lakeshore.
Chubut Province
Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...
, Argentina
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. Lake Rivadavia is the second lake, after Lake Cholila, in the chain of lakes in the Futaleufú River
The Futaleufú River, located in northern Patagonia, is one of the premier whitewater rivers in the world. One of only two rivers to cross the 5,308 kilometer Chile-Argentina border, the Futaleufú headwaters can be found in the glacial snow mel ...
system of Argentina which via Yelcho Lake
Yelcho Lake is a large fjord-shaped lake located in Chilean Patagonia, in southern Palena province of Los Lagos Region, Chile. The lake receives the waters of the Futaleufu River at its southern tip, near the tiny settlement of Puerto Ramirez. The ...
and the Yelcho River
The Yelcho River is a river in the Los Lagos Region of southern Chile
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flows into the Pacific Ocean
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in Chile
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. Located in the Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
, Lake Rivadavia is of glacial origin and occupies a narrow north to south valley between glaciated peaks. All the lake except the northern tip is in the Los Alerces National Park
Los Alerces National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Los Alerces) is located in the Andes in Chubut Province in the Patagonian region of Argentina. Its western boundary coincides with the Chilean border. Successive glaciations have molded the landsca ...
. Argentina Provincial Highway 71 (RP 71) (unpaved in 2016) follows the eastern coast of the lake. Development consists only of a few campgrounds near the highway.
Villa Lago Rivadavia is the only nearby town and is located north of the lakeshore.
Description
Lake Rivadavia sits in afjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
-like trench at an elevation of between glaciated mountains rising to Sierra Rivadavia, on the east and Cerro Coronado, on the west. Glaciers descend the mountain slopes to an elevation of about . The Jara River joins the Lake Rivadavia on the west side near its southern end. The outflow from the lake is the Rivadavia River, which flows to Green Lake (Lago Verde), in size, a much smaller lake than Rivadavia. The Rivadavia River and Lago Verde are famous for 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-salmoni ...
fishing with "turquoise water, Jurassic Park like jungle, and snow-capped peaks." Rainbow
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, brown
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, and brook
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Computing
*Brook, a programming language for GPU programming based on C
*Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler
*BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming ...
trout and landlocked Atlantic Salmon
The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...
are found in the lake and river, all of them introduced rather than native.
The outlet from Green Lake is called the Arrayanes River. A pedestrian bridge crosses the river near the outlet. The Arrayanes is joined by the outlet from Lake Menéndez
Lake Menéndez (Lago Menéndez) is a large lake in Chubut Province, Argentina. Lake Menéndez is in the chain of lakes in the Futaleufú River system of Argentina which via Yelcho Lake and the Yelcho River flows into the Pacific Ocean in Chile. ...
, and flows about to Futalaufquen Lake
Futalaufquen Lake (Lago Futalaufquen) is a large lake in Chubut Province, Argentina. Futalaufquen Lake is in the chain of lakes of the Futaleufú River system of Argentina which via Yelcho Lake and the Yelcho River flows into the Pacific Ocean in ...
. Argentina Provincial Highway 71 follows the shoreline of Green Lake and the Arrayanes River to Futalaufquen Lake. Campgrounds and lodges accommodate visitors.Google Earth
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