{{Short description|River in the Coquimbo Region, Chile}} {{Infobox river | name = Choapa River | image = Valle_del_Choapa.jpg | image_caption = View of Choapa Valley from the vicinity of Salamanca | source1_location = | mouth_location = Pacific Ocean | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Chile | length_km = 160 | source1_elevation = {{convert|1,000|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="sinia">[http://www.sinia.cl/1292/articles-31018_Choapa.pdf Cuenca del río Choapa]</ref> | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 8,124 | basin_size_ref = <ref name="sinia" /> }} '''Choapa River''' or '''El Río Choapa''' is a river of Chile located in the Coquimbo Region. The river rises in the Andes, at the confluence of the streams ''Totoral'', ''Leiva'' and ''Del Valle''. The river then flows through the town of Salamanca before it meets with its main tributary, the Illapel River. The Choapa then empties into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of ''Huentelauquén Cove'', about 35&nbsp;km north of Los Vilos.<ref name="sinia" />

The major settlement along the river is Salamanca.

==See also== * List of rivers of Chile

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Coquimbo Region rivers and lakes}} {{Authority control}}

{{Coord|31|37|40|S|71|33|30|W|region:CL_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}}

Category:Rivers of Chile Category:Rivers of Coquimbo Region

{{Coquimbo-geo-stub}} {{Chile-river-stub}}