Loa River

The Loa River is a U-shaped river in Chile's northern . At 440 km long, it is the country's longest river and the main watercourse in the .
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Loa River

Latitude
-21.42996° or 21° 25′ 48″ south
Longitude
-70.05874° or 70° 3′ 32″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
57CFHWCR+2G
Geo­Names ID
3882821
Wiki­data ID
Q737831
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Loa River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر لوا
  • Asturian: Ríu Loa
  • Aymara: Loa
  • Bashkir: Лоа
  • Bavarian: Río Loa
  • Belarusian: Лоа
  • Belarusian: Рака Лоа
  • Breton: stêr Loa
  • Breton: Stêr Loa
  • Bulgarian: Лоа (река)
  • Bulgarian: Лоа
  • Catalan: Riu Loa
  • Cebuano: Río Loa
  • Chinese: 洛阿河
  • Croatian: Loa
  • Czech: Loa
  • Dutch: Loa River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر لوا
  • Estonian: Loa jõgi
  • French: río Loa
  • French: Río Loa
  • Georgian: ლოა
  • German: Río Loa
  • Hebrew: נהר לואה
  • Indonesian: Sungai Loa
  • Irish: Abhainn Loa
  • Italian: Loa
  • Japanese: ロア川
  • Korean: 로아강
  • Lithuanian: Loa
  • Mingrelian: ლოა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Loa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Loa
  • Norwegian: Loa
  • Persian: رود لوآ
  • Polish: Loa
  • Portuguese: Rio Loa
  • Quechua: Loa mayu
  • Russian: Лоа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Loa
  • Slovenian: Loa
  • Somali: Webiga Loa
  • South Azerbaijani: لوآ چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Loa
  • Spanish: Río Loa
  • Swedish: Loa
  • Turkish: Loa Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Лоа
  • Venetian: Fiume Loa
  • Vlax Romani: Loa
  • Welsh: Afon Loa

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Caleta Loa and Punta Chileno.

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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 “Loa River”. Photo: betroyer, CC BY 2.0.