Gallegos River
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The Gallegos River is a river in the Argentine
province
of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary
lies Río Gallegos
city, capital of the province.
The river is formed at the confluence of the Rubens and Penitentes rivers, and after traveling 180 kilometres (112 mi) it reaches the Atlantic
Coast.
On its way east, after crossing a 200 kilometres (124.3 mi) wide glaciated canyon, it meets the tributaries Turbio, Cóndor, and Zurdo. In spite of this, the river's stream can be drastically reduced during the dry season
.
The river, named after Blasco Gallegos, one of the pilots of Ferdinand Magellan
's expedition of 1520, is popular for fly fishing for brown trout
, principally by tourists.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
province
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
lies Río Gallegos
Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Río Gallegos is the capital of the Patagonia province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. It has a population of about 79,000 as per the , while at 2009, the estimated population may be well over 100,000...
city, capital of the province.
The river is formed at the confluence of the Rubens and Penitentes rivers, and after traveling 180 kilometres (112 mi) it reaches the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
Coast.
On its way east, after crossing a 200 kilometres (124.3 mi) wide glaciated canyon, it meets the tributaries Turbio, Cóndor, and Zurdo. In spite of this, the river's stream can be drastically reduced during the dry season
Dry season
The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillates from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year...
.
The river, named after Blasco Gallegos, one of the pilots of Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in Sabrosa, in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" ....
's expedition of 1520, is popular for fly fishing for brown trout
Brown trout
The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....
, principally by tourists.