{{Short description|River in Chile and Argentina}} {{Infobox river | name = Puelo River | native_name ={{native name|es|Río Puelo}} | image = Puente de Río Puelo.jpg | image_caption = Bridge on the Carretera Austral | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location of mouth | source1_location = Puelo Lake | mouth_location = Reloncaví Estuary (Pacific Ocean) | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-42.116667|-71.716667|type:river|display=it}} | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|Chile|Argentina}} | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|670|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=BCN>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/siit/nuestropais/region10/hidrografia.htm |title=Hidrografía Región de los Lagos |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |language=Spanish}}</ref> | basin_size = }} The '''Puelo River''' has its origin in Lake Puelo in Argentine, and flows north-west through the Andes into Chile and the Reloncaví Estuary of the Reloncaví Sound at the northern end of the Gulf of Ancud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/|title=Rio Puelo|website=GeoNames|access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref>
==Course== Just {{convert|800|m|ft}} downstream from its source in Puelo Lake, the river enters Inferior Lake.<ref name="che">{{cite book |first=J.C. |last=Chebez |year=2005 |series=Guía de las Reservas Naturales de la Argentina |title=Patagonia Norte}}</ref> After leaving the lake, the river flows in a generally northwesterly direction, receiving the waters of a chain of lakes, the largest being Azul and Las Rocas. It also receives the waters of Ventisquero and Traidor rivers. A part of the northernmost border of Pumalín Park approximately parallels the course of the Ventisquero River. Traidor River rises in Hornopirén National Park.
A large northern tributary of the Puelo, the Manso, has its sources in Mascardi Lake and other lakes and streams south-east of the Cerro Tronador, also in Argentina, and flows south-west through the Andes to unite with the Puelo a few kilometers west of the 72nd meridian.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Chile |volume=6 |page=144}}</ref> Puelo river's lower course is impeded in such a manner as to form three small lakes, called Superior, Inferior and the Tagua Tagua Lake.<ref name=EB1911/>
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{{Los Lagos Region rivers and lakes}}
Puelo River Puelo River Category:Rivers of Los Lagos Region Category:Rivers of Chubut Province Category:International rivers of South America
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