Lake Rivadavia

The Lago Rivadavia is a Lac located in the province Argentine of Chubut, in Patagonie.

It belongs to the system of the Lac Futalaufquen and the Río Futaleufú which it contributes to feed from its water in the sense that its emissary, Río Rivadavia is one of the affluents of the Lac Futalaufquen via the Lac Verde and from Río of los Arrayanes. The final emissary of this series of lakes is the Río Futaleufú. The lake Rivadavia receives upstream water of the Lac Cholila via its emissary the Río Carrileufú.

Situation

Its approximate coordinates are 42°4' of southern latitude, and 71°4' of western longitude. It is located within the National park Los Alerces. Like all the lakes of the park Los Alerces, it is of glacial origin, and occupies the bed of a Glacier disappeared.

Description

Its surface is at an altitude of 527 meters.
Its level can fluctuate of 3 meters.
Its surface is of 21 700 000 of m ² is 21,7 square kilometers (a little smaller than the Lac Annecy in France).
Its depth average is of 103,7 meters.
Its depth maximum is of 147,2 meters.
the volume of water contained is of 2,25 billion m ³.
the length of its banks east of 32 kilometers.
the time of residence of water is 3,6 years.
the extent of its basin is of 1647 km ²
Its emissary, the Río Rivadavia has a flow of more or less 20 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 Rivadavia

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