Simpson River

{{for|the river in British Columbia, Canada|Simpson River (British Columbia)}} {{Infobox river | name = Simpson River | image = Coyhaique.jpg | image_caption = Coihaique in the distance | source1_location = | mouth = Aisén River | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-45.4059|-72.4981|format=dms|type:river_region:CL|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Chile | length_km = 88 | length_ref = <ref name="mid">{{cite web | url = http://www.infopais.cl/interior/micrositios/Competitividad/Panorama_economico_social/page15.html | title = Principales ríos, embalses, lagos y lagunas de Chile | accessdate = 2008-03-16 | work = Panorama Económico Social: las regiones de Chile 1990 - 2005 | publisher = MIDEPLAN, INE | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080318225058/http://www.infopais.cl/interior/micrositios/Competitividad/Panorama_economico_social/page15.html | archivedate = 2008-03-18 }}</ref> | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|47.2|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="mid"/> | basin_size_km2 = 3,712 | basin_size_ref = <ref name="mid"/> }} '''Simpson River''' is a river of Chile located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. The river originates east of the Andes mountains. It forms the western boundary of the city of Coihaique, which is bordered on the north by the Coihaique River, a tributary of the Simpson. In its inferior course, the river flows through Río Simpson National Reserve, which is named after the river. In this area, the river roughly parallels the Route CH-240, which connects Coihaique with Puerto Aisén and Puerto Chacabuco.

The river is named after navy hydrographer Enrique Simpson who explored the area in the 1870s.<ref>Simpson, E. (1874). ''Esploraciones hechas por la Corbeta Chacabuco al mando del capitán de fragata don Enrique M. Simpson en los Archipiélagos de Guaitecas, Chonos i Taitao''. Santiago. Imprenta Nacional.</ref>

==Tributaries== The Blanco River gushes through canyons in the northeastern part of Reserva Nacional Cerro Castillo. The river corridor is a veritable geological wonder with a myriad of canyons composed of dark basalt, limestone, shale and sandstone. There is also the wonderful sight of Cerro Castillo (2675 m), highest peak in the region, thus named because it resembles a medieval castle.<ref name="Río Blanco">{{cite web|title=Río Blanco (Cerro Castillo)|url=http://riversofchile.com/rio-blanco-cerro-castillo/|accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref>

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{{Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region rivers and lakes}}

Category:Rivers of Chile Category:Rivers of Aysén Region