Lake Puelo ( Spanish : Lago Puelo ) is a lake located in the northern part of Chubut Province , in Argentine Patagonia . Of fluvial - glacial origin, its deepest point is 180 meters. The narrow L-shaped lake is surrounded by Lago Puelo National Park .
5-606: The lake is fed by the small rivers, Azul and Quemquemtreu . The outflow from Puelo Lake is the Puelo River which flows to the Pacific Ocean through Chile. The river emerges from the lake at the Chilean border, flows through a narrow turbulent passage called Arroyo los Hitos about 900 metres (3,000 ft) long and into Lake Puelo Inferior (Lower Puelo Lake), entirely in Chile. The lake
10-894: Is located in the narrow valley of the Azul River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the lake. Tourism is the principal industry of the town and area. Puelo River The Puelo River has its origin in Lake Puelo in Argentine , and flows north-west through the Andes into Chile and the Reloncaví Estuary of the Reloncaví Sound at the northern end of the Gulf of Ancud . Just 800 metres (2,600 ft) downstream from its source in Puelo Lake ,
15-599: Is surrounded by typical Valdivian temperate rain forests , more typical of the maritime-influenced area of Chile rather than the eastern side of the Andes in Argentina. The term Puelo seems to have its origin in the Mapuche expression puel-có , ( puel = east, co = water) meaning something like "Water at the East", as it was located in the easterly part of the area occupied by the indigenous Mapuche people . The town of Lago Puelo
20-726: The Puelo, the Manso , has its sources in Mascardi Lake and other lakes and streams south-east of the Cerro Tronador , also in Argentina, and flows south-west through the Andes to unite with the Puelo a few kilometers west of the 72nd meridian . Puelo river's lower course is impeded in such a manner as to form three small lakes, called Superior, Inferior and the Tagua Tagua Lake. This article about
25-577: The river enters Inferior Lake. After leaving the lake, the river flows in a generally northwesterly direction, receiving the waters of a chain of lakes, the largest being Azul and Las Rocas. It also receives the waters of Ventisquero and Traidor rivers. A part of the northernmost border of Pumalín Park approximately parallels the course of the Ventisquero River. Traidor River rises in Hornopirén National Park . A large northern tributary of
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