List of rivers of Chile facts for kids

This list of rivers of Chile includes all the major rivers of Chile. See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Usually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain.

Rivers by name

Following lists show the information of GeoNames ordered by names:

• List of rivers of Chile (A–C)
• List of rivers of Chile (D–O)
• List of rivers of Chile (P–Z)

Rivers by region

The lists of rivers by region are:

• List of rivers of the Arica y Parinacota Region (approximately 34 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Tarapacá Region (approximately 44 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Antofagasta Region (approximately 41 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Atacama Region (approximately 61 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Coquimbo Region (approximately 121 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Valparaíso Region (approximately 174 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Santiago Metropolitan Region (approximately 211 rivers)
• List of rivers of the O'Higgins Region (approximately 156 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Maule Region (approximately 256 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Bío Bío Region (approximately 568 rivers)
• List of rivers of La Araucanía Region (approximately 662 rivers)
• List of rivers of Los Ríos Region (approximately 165 rivers)
• List of rivers of Los Lagos Region (approximately 755 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Aysén Region (approximately 297 rivers)
• List of rivers of the Magallanes Region (approximately 173 rivers)

Information in the lists

This list contains:

1. Name of the stream, in Spanish
2. Coordinates are the latitude and longitude of the feature in ± decimal degrees, at the mouth of the stream
3. Link to a map including the Geonameid (a number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature)
4. Feature Code explained in [1]
5. Other names for the same feature, if any
6. Basin countries additional to Chile, if any

Among all the features recorded in the GeoNames database, Wikipedia has arbitrarily selected for these lists features named "Rio", "Rio", "Canal", "Arroyo", "Estero", "Riachuelo" and they must contain one of following Feature Codes (explained in [2]):

RPDS: rapids, a turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed

CHN: channel, the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows

CNLA: aqueduct, a conduit used to carry water

CNLB: canal bend, a conspicuously curved or bent section of a canal

CNLD: drainage canal, an artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches

CNLI: irrigation canal, a canal which serves as a main conduit for irrigation water

CNLN: navigation canal(s), a watercourse constructed for navigation of vessels

CNLSB: underground irrigation canal(s), a gently inclined tunnel bringing water for irrigation from aquifers

CRKT: tidal creek(s) a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents

DTCH: ditch, a small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land

DTCHI: irrigation ditch, a ditch which serves to distribute irrigation water

DTCHD: drainage ditch, a ditch which serves to drain the land

ESTY: estuary, a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences

FORD: ford, a shallow part of a stream which can be crossed on foot or by land vehicle

SBED: dry stream bed, a channel formerly containing the water of a stream

STM: stream, a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land

STMA: anabranch, a diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream

STMB: stream bend, a conspicuously curved or bent segment of a stream

STMC: canalized stream, a stream that has been substantially ditched, diked, or straightened

STMD: distributary(-ies), a branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal

STMH: headwaters, the source and upper part of a stream, including the upper drainage basin

STMI: intermittent stream

STMIX: section of intermittent stream

STMM: stream mouth(s), a place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea

STMQ: abandoned watercourse, a former stream or distributary no longer carrying flowing water, but still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic or vegetation patterns

STMS: streams, bodies of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land

STMSB: lost river, a surface stream that disappears into an underground channel, or dries up in an arid area

STMX: section of stream

TNLC: canal tunnel, a tunnel through which a canal passes

WTRC: watercourse, a natural, well-defined channel produced by flowing water, or an artificial channel designed to carry flowing water

WTRH: waterhole(s), a natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas

Rivers by latitude

Note: The rivers are ordered by the latitude of their outflows into the ocean, lakes, other rivers or out of Chile respectively.

Largest rivers by basin area

Note: The rivers are ordered by their drainage basin area within Chile.

Notes:

• ¹The length in the list is that of the tributary Tinguiririca River
• ²The length in the list is the sum of Valdivia and Cruces River. The length of the proper Valdivia River is 15 km.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Ríos de Chile para niños

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline