Biobío River
The Biobío River is the second largest river in Chile and one of the country's most important watercourses, both for its geography and for its economic and historical significance.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Chile
- Also known as: “Bio Bio River”, “Bío Bío River”, and “Biobio River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenga and Hualpén.
Hualpén
Town
Hualpén is a Chilean city and commune belonging to Concepción Province and the Biobío Region. It is part of the conurbation of Greater Concepción. The commune spans an area of 53.5 km2. Hualpén is situated 7 km east of Biobío River.
Biobío River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.81667° or 36° 49′ south
Longitude
-73.16667° or 73° 10′ west
Open location code
47M85RMM+88
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Yiddish—“Biobío River” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Биобио”
- Abkhazian: “Виoбиo”
- Arabic: “نهر بيو بيو”
- Aragonese: “Río Biobío”
- Asturian: “Ríu Bío Bío”
- Aymara: “Biobío”
- Basque: “Biobío ibaia”
- Basque: “Biobío”
- Bavarian: “Río Bío Bío”
- Belarusian: “Біё-Біё”
- Belarusian: “Бія-Бія”
- Bosnian: “Bío-Bío”
- Bosnian: “Biobío”
- Breton: “Stêr Biobío”
- Bulgarian: “Биобио (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Биобио”
- Catalan: “Bío Bío”
- Catalan: “Bío-Bío”
- Catalan: “Biobío”
- Catalan: “Riu Bío-Bío”
- Catalan: “Riu Biobío”
- Catalan: “Riu BíoBío”
- Cebuano: “Río Biobío”
- Chinese: “比奥比奥河”
- Cornish: “Biobío”
- Corsican: “Biobío”
- Croatian: “Bío Bío”
- Croatian: “Bio-Bio”
- Croatian: “Biobío”
- Czech: “Bio Bio”
- Czech: “Bío Bío”
- Czech: “Bio-Bio”
- Czech: “Bío-Bío”
- Czech: “Biobío”
- Dimli (individual language): “Royê Bío Bío”
- Dutch: “Rio Bio Bio”
- Dutch: “Río Bío Bío”
- Dutch: “Rio Biobio”
- Dutch: “Río Biobío”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيو بيو”
- Esperanto: “rivero biobio”
- Estonian: “Bío Bío jõgi”
- Estonian: “Bío Bío”
- Estonian: “Bio-Bio jõgi”
- Estonian: “Bío-Bío jõgi”
- Estonian: “Bio-Bio”
- Estonian: “Bío-Bío”
- Estonian: “Biobío jõgi”
- Estonian: “Biobío”
- Extremaduran: “Biobío”
- Finnish: “Biobío”
- French: “Fleuve Biobio”
- French: “Fleuve Biobío”
- French: “Rio Biobío”
- French: “río Biobío”
- Galician: “Río Biobío”
- Georgian: “ბიო-ბიო”
- German: “Rio Bio Bio”
- German: “Río Bío Bío”
- German: “Río Bío-Bío”
- German: “Río Biobío”
- Hausa: “Kogin Bío Bío”
- Hebrew: “ביו ביו”
- Hebrew: “ביוביו”
- Hebrew: “נהר הביוביו”
- Hindi: “बिओ-बिओ नदी”
- Hindi: “बिओबिओ नदी”
- Ido: “Biobío fluvio”
- Ido: “Fluvio Biobío”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Bío Bío”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Biobío”
- Interlingua: “Biobío”
- Interlingua: “Fluvio Biobío”
- Interlingue: “Biobío”
- Irish: “An Biobío”
- Italian: “Bio Bio”
- Italian: “Bío Bío”
- Italian: “Bío-Bío”
- Japanese: “ビオビオ川”
- Korean: “비오비오강”
- Kurdish: “Biobío”
- Kurdish: “بۆبíۆ”
- Ladino: “Rio Biobío”
- Latin: “Biobío”
- Latvian: “Biobio”
- Lithuanian: “Bio Bijus”
- Lithuanian: “Bio Bio”
- Lithuanian: “Biobio”
- Mingrelian: “ბიო-ბიო (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ბიო-ბიო”
- Mirandese: “Riu Biobío”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Biobío”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bio-Bio-elva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bío-Bío-elva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Biobío-elva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Biobioelva”
- Norwegian: “Biobío”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Biobío”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Biobío”
- Ossetian: “Био-Био (цæугæдон)”
- Ossetian: “Био-Био”
- Persian: “رود بیو بیو”
- Piemontese: “Biobío”
- Polish: “Bío Bío”
- Polish: “Biobío”
- Portuguese: “Rio Bío-Bío”
- Portuguese: “Rio Biobío”
- Quechua: “Bío Bío”
- Quechua: “Biobío mayu”
- Quechua: “Biobío”
- Quechua: “Biyubiyu mayu”
- Quechua: “Biyubiyu”
- Romanian: “Biobío”
- Romanian: “Fluviul Biobío”
- Romansh: “Biobío”
- Russian: “Био-Био”
- Russian: “Биобио”
- Rusyn: “Бioбio”
- Rusyn: “Біoбіo”
- Samogitian: “Biuobiuo opės”
- Samogitian: “Biuobiuo”
- Scots: “Bío Bío River”
- Serbian: “Biobio”
- Serbian: “Биобио”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Biobío”
- Slovak: “Biobío”
- Slovenian: “Biobío”
- Spanish: “Biobio”
- Spanish: “Biobío”
- Spanish: “Rio Bio Bio”
- Spanish: “Rio Bio Bío”
- Spanish: “Rio Bío Bío”
- Spanish: “Río Bio Bio”
- Spanish: “Río Bío Bío”
- Spanish: “Rio Bio-Bio”
- Spanish: “Rio Bio-Bío”
- Spanish: “Rio Bío-Bío”
- Spanish: “Río Bio-Bio”
- Spanish: “Río Bío-Bío”
- Spanish: “Rio biobio”
- Spanish: “Rio Biobío”
- Spanish: “Río Biobío”
- Spanish: “Río Bíobío”
- Swedish: “Bio-Bio”
- Swedish: “Bío-Bío”
- Swedish: “Biobío”
- Swedish: “Bioìo”
- Swedish: “Río Bio-Bío”
- Swedish: “Río Biobío”
- Tatar: “Био-Био”
- Turkish: “Bio bio nehri”
- Turkish: “Bío Bío Nehri”
- Turkish: “Bio-bio nehri”
- Turkish: “Bío-Bío Nehri”
- Turkish: “Biobio nehri”
- Turkish: “Biobío Nehri”
- Turkish: “Rio bio bio”
- Turkish: “Río Bío Bío”
- Turkish: “Rio bio-bio”
- Turkish: “Rio biobio”
- Ukrainian: “Біобіо”
- Venetian: “Fiume Biobío”
- Vietnamese: “Biobío”
- Vlax Romani: “Biobío”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Biobío”
- Welsh: “Afon Bio-Bio”
- Welsh: “Afon Biobío”
- Wu Chinese: “比奥比奥河”
- Yiddish: “ביאביא”
- “Ātōyātl Biobío”
- “Biuobiuo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boca Norte and Michahue.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morro Pompón and Teltren hill.
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