Gallegos River

{{Short description|River in Argentina}} {{Distinguish|Gállego River}} {{Infobox river | name = Gallegos River | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname =  | image = Puente de Güer Aike - Hugo Luis Pérez Baranovich (2).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Gallegos River | image_alt =  | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | mapframe = yes | pushpin_map = Tierra del Fuego | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth | pushpin_map_alt =  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Argentina | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length_km = 180 | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Confluence of Rubens River with Penitente River or confluence of Penitente River with Turbio River<ref name=report2016>{{Cite report |title=Hidrología superficial de la Región Hidrográfica del río Gallegos (Sur de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina) |date=2016-12-01 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311666856_Hidrologia_superficial_de_la_Region_Hidrografica_del_rio_Gallegos_Sur_de_la_provincia_de_Santa_Cruz_Argentina_Surface-water_hydrology_of_the_Rio_Gallegos_watershed_South_of_Santa_Cruz_province_Argenti |last=Boris G. |first=Diaz |issue=3 |volume=8 |last2=Monserrat |first2=María Cecilia |publisher=Informes Científicos - Técnicos UNPA |pages=136–161 |language=Spanish |last3=Tiberi |first3=Pedro E. |last4=Mardewald |first4=Guillermina |last5=Hofmann |first5=Christian |last6=Caparrós |first6=Leandro |last7=Mattenet |first7=Francisco |last8=Zerpa |first8=Débora |last9=Billoni |first9=Sabrina L.|last10=Martínez |first10=Lorena}}</ref> | source1_location = | source1_coordinates=  | source1_elevation = | source2 = | mouth = | mouth_location = Atlantic Ocean | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|51|35|40|S|68|58|30|W|region:AR_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size_km2 = 10,120 | basin_size_ref = <ref name=BCN/> | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Gallegos River''' ({{Langx|es|'''Río Gallegos'''}}) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary lies Río Gallegos city, capital of the province. Given that its basin reaches only the fringes of the Andes mountains it classifies as a sub-Andean river.<ref name=BCN>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/siit/nuestropais/region12/hidrografia.htm |title=Hidrografía Región de Magallanes |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |language=Spanish}}</ref>

There is contradicting information on where river is actually formed.<ref name=report2016/> According to one source it forms at the confluence of the rivers Rubens and Penitente.<ref name=report2016/> Yet according to another source Rubens River is just a tributary of Penitente River and Gallegos River originates further downstream at the confluence of the rivers Penitentes and Turbio.<ref name=report2016/> After traveling {{Convert|180|km|mi|0}}{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Gallegos River reaches the Atlantic Coast.

On its way east, after crossing a {{Convert|200|km|mi|-1|adj=on}} wide glaciated canyon, it meets the tributaries Turbio, Cóndor, and Zurdo. In spite of this, the river's stream can be drastically reduced during the dry season.

The river, named after ''Blasco Gallegos'', one of the pilots of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1520, is popular for fly fishing for brown trout, principally by tourists.

Part of the drainage basin of the river lies in Chile's Magallanes Region.<ref name=BCN/>

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Category:Rivers of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Category:Rivers of Argentina