Maule River
Maule River | |
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Location | |
Country | Chile |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Laguna del Maule |
• elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
Length | 240 km (150 mi) |
Basin size | 20,600 km2 (8,000 sq mi) |
The Maule river or Río Maule (
Upper reach
The river is 240 km long and its
Middle reach
Before arriving at the central valley, the Maule is dammed into the Colbún dam lake that feeds the hydroelectric power station of the same name.
Further on, the Maule is joined by the Claro (another river named Claro) and the
Lower reach
In its lower reaches, the river receives only one modest tributary, the Estero de los Puercos and, after flowing for nearly 250 kilometers, the Maule ends at the Pacific Ocean, north of the city of Constitución.
Ecology
The Maule River basin contains a number of significant
Literary allusions
The Maule has been considered as Chile's literary river par excellence. The number of poets, writers, historians, orators, playwrights, journalists as well as composers and folk musicians that have been born or have settled in the Maule Region, to which "the river of the fogs" has given its name, is quite staggering.[1] Many Latin American stories have had the river as the main background or protagonist. Several anthologies, author's dictionaries and essays have given vivid accounts of the vast cultural wealth of the region around river Maule.[6][7]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Faluchos (30 Poetas Maulinos) Selección de Mario Meléndez. Editorial Magisterio, 2004". Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ^ "Singularidad hispana de Linares | Diario La Prensa". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Cuenca del río Maule, 2004
- ^ Oasis de la Campana, 2008
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, 2008
- ^ "Escritores del Maule - Memoria Chilena".
- ^ "Diccionario de autores de la región del Maule : Bio-bibliográfico y crítico - Memoria Chilena".
References
- Universidad de Talca PDF file.
- Cuenca del río Maule PDF file. (2004) Government of Chile publication.
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
- Oasis de la Campana: Wine Palm (2008)
External links
- Maule River and bridges (Pan American Highway and railway), Maule Region of Chile, north of San Javier
- Maule River and Colbún dam lake, in the center
- Upper reaches of the Maule basin, Chile
- Lower course of Maule river, with the city of Constitución to the west
- Railway bridge over the Maule River, near Constitución