Cordillera Pelada ( Spanish for Bald Range or Barren Range ) is a mountain range in southern Los Ríos Region , southern Chile . It is located along the Pacific coast and forms part of the larger Chilean Coast Range . It got its name pelada from the Spanish word for bare or bald in reference to large fires that once burned the forests on the cordillera.
4-566: From about 1750 to 1943, when the land between Maullín River and Valdivia was colonized by Spain and Chile, numerous fires of Fitzroya woods occurred in Cordillera Pelada. These fires were initiated by Spaniards, Chileans, and Europeans. Earlier, from 1397 to 1750 the Fitzroya woods of Cordillera Pelada also suffered from fires that originated from lightning strikes and indigenous inhabitants. This Los Lagos Region location article
8-482: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Los Ríos Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maull%C3%ADn River Maullín River (Spanish: Río Maullín ) is a river of Chile located in the Los Lagos Region . The river originates as the outflow of Llanquihue Lake , and flows generally southwestward, over a number of small waterfalls, emptying into
12-479: The " Cunco nation " to the north. The river was first explored extensively in 1856 and 1857 by the Chilean Navy officers Francisco Hudson and Francisco Vidal Gormaz . The area around Llanquihue Lake was settled in the second half of the 19th century by German immigrants , who received land from the government in a scheme to encourage settlement in this area. This Los Lagos Region location article
16-571: The Gulf of Coronados. The lower course of the river is a tidal estuary . The wetlands of Maullín stand out for their diversity of aquatic birds when compared to other locations of the Chilean coast. In the estuary Laguna Quenuir is the place known to have the largest diversity of bird fauna. Franciscan Friar Francisco Alvarez Villanueva mention in 1780 Maullín River as the limit between the Spanish possessions and
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