The Perquilauquén River (mapudungun: for "purgative") is a tributary of the

Loncomilla Loncomilla River ( Mapudungun for "Gold of the Chief") is a tributary to the Maule river in Linares Province, Maule Region, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the sout ...

river, in the Maule Region of

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. The river joins the

Longaví Longaví (in Mapudungun: ''snake's head'') is a Chilean city and commune located in Linares Province, one of the four provinces that make up the Maule Region, in the geographical center of Chile. Geography The commune has a surface of and is bo ...

to form the

, a tributary of the Maule river.

Geography

The Perquilauquén flows initially from southeast to northwest and forms the border between the provinces of Linares,

Itata ''Itata'' is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Name The genus name is derived from the Itata River in southern Chile. Species * '' Itata completa'' (Banks, 1929) – Panama * '' Itata isabellina'' ( Taczanowski, 1 ...

and Punilla. Subsequently, it changes its course flowing north, then east and then north, again, until it is joined by the Longaví.

External links

Google maps aerial view. Perquilauquén River and bridge, Chile Google maps aerial view. Changing courses of the river PerquilauquénGoogle maps aerial view of the southern ⅔ of Linares Province, Chile, showing part of the basins of Rivers Ancoa, Achibueno, Longaví and Perquilauquén
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