Lluta River

Lluta River
Lluta Valley as seen from Chile Route 11
Location
CountryChile
Physical characteristics
Source 
 - elevation3,900 m (12,800 ft)
Mouth 
 - locationPacific Ocean
Length147 km (91 mi)
Basin size3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi)
Discharge 
 - average2.3 m3/s (81 cu ft/s)

The Lluta is a river in the Atacama Desert. It is the most northern of the great transversal Chilean rivers that start in the Andes and flow into the Pacific Ocean. It flows through the Arica y Parinacota region.

It has a broad estuary near the port city of Arica that forms a wetland, a habitat used by many water birds (birds that live on or near water).


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