Lake Cholila

The Lago Cholila is a lake located in the province Argentine of Chubut, in Patagonie, It belongs to the system of the Lac Futalaufquen which it contributes to feed from its water in the sense that its emissary is one of the affluents of the Lac Rivadavia which even will feed him the lake Futalaufquen via Río Rivadavia. The final emissary of this series of lakes is the Río Futaleufú.

Situation

Its approximate coordinates are: 42°3' of southern latitude, and 71°4' of western longitude. He is located at the north of the National park Los Alerces, out of the territory of this last. He is of glacial origin, and occupies the old bed of a glacier disappeared following the end from the last glaciation.

Description

Its surface is at an altitude of 547 meters.
Its surface is of 17.500.000 of m2 is 17,5 square kilometers (two thirds of the Annecy Lake in France).
Its depth average is of 48,5 meters.
Its depth maximum is of 108 meters.
the volume of water contained is of 850 million tons.
the length of its banks east of 31 kilometers.
the time of residence of water is of 0,52 year.
Its emissary, the Río Carrileufú, has a flow of more or less 15 cubic meters a second at the exit of the lake,

External bond

chart of the area of the lakes of the basin of Río Futaleufú in order to locate the lake Cholila

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