Petorca River
The Petorca River is a river of Chile. The catchment of Petorca River has been the subject of a severe drought the last decades. Lorena Donaire of the environmental organisation Modatima recalls 1985 as the first year Petorca River dried.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Chile
- Also known as: “Rio Pelorca” and “Rio Petorca”
Petorca River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Valparaiso, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-32.3873° or 32° 23′ 14″ south
Longitude
-71.3754° or 71° 22′ 31″ west
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
47VCJJ7F+3R
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Petorca River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Petorca”
- Basque: “Petorca ibaia”
- Cebuano: “Río Petorca”
- Irish: “Abhainn Petorca”
- Spanish: “Río Petorca”
- Swedish: “Río Petorca”
- Uzbek: “Petorca daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Petorca”
- Welsh: “Afon Petorca”
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