Petorca River

The Petorca River is a river of . 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.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Chile
  • Also known as: Rio Pelorca

Petorca River

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
Geo­Names ID
3876414
Wiki­data ID
Q738647
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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: Rio Petorca
  • Spanish: Río Petorca
  • Swedish: Río Petorca
  • Uzbek: Petorca daryosi
  • Venetian: Fiume Petorca
  • Welsh: Afon Petorca

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Petorca River”. Photo: Gerardo Herrera, CC BY-SA 2.0.