The Senguerr 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 ...
of the
Argentine province
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of
Chubut. It begins its journey from the system of glacial lakes
La Plata and
Fontana in the
Andes Mountains.
The river flows generally eastward, then circles around the southern end of the
San Bernardo Mountains and then flows north-northeastward in several ramifications that end at the
Musters Lake. On years of great precipitation, some arms of the river might reach the
Colhué Huapi Lake, which has been greatly reduced in size in recent years. The average inflow is .
[''VII Seminario LationAmericano de Irrigación''. IICA, 1983, p. 70]
See also
*
Río Senguer Department
References
Rivers of Argentina
Rivers of Chubut Province
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