River
Toltén River
123 km from source to mouth · Chile.
ChileFlows into Pacific Ocean9th longest in Chile
In numbers
Length
123km
Average flow
52m³/s
Basin
8,398km²
Drop
217m
from 218 m to 1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
123 km of river and 9 stops on the way: 5 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmVillarrica Lakeat 218 m
- 0 kmVillarrica Lake172 km²
- 0 kmVillarrica49,184 people
- 13 kmRio Voipirtributary
- 44 kmAllipén Rivertributary
- 51 kmPitrufquén21,981 people
- 52 kmFreire24,606 people
- 70 kmDonguil Rivertributary
- 92 kmTeodoro Schmidt15,504 people
- 113 kmNueva Toltén2,482 people
- 123 kmPacific Oceanat 1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Chile
At the mouth it carries 52 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 48 seconds. It drops from 218 m to 1 m, 1.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 8,398 km², about the size of PR. 171,000 people live in it. Highest water: from July to August; lowest: from December to March. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- VillarricaLargest city on its banks · 49,184 people
- La Araucanía International Airport (ZCO)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 54 km from the cityCar hire at ZCO airport (Temuco)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water10 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From December to MarchThe best months to visit
Toltén River, month by month
Highest water: from July to August
Lowest water: from December to March. Best months to visit: from December to March.
From about 88 m³/s in the lowest month to 910 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Toltén River: the basin in numbers
8,599 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 171,000people live in the basin
- 20/km²people per km²
- 661maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,780mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 9.7°Caverage air temperature
- 16%protected areas
- 3.5%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 54% Forest
- 11% Cropland
- 29% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Toltén River: what you find on the way
- 1Boat rampsClub Náutico Puerta del Sol
- 8Ferry piers
- 1MarinasEnbarcadero Villarrica
- 2River beachesPlaya Pucará, Playa Blanca
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Toltén River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
1beach at the mouth or on the banksCoastya
2mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Villarrica Lakekm 0172km²
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Beaches (1)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Caleta Maiquillahue25 km away · cove14.2°C
Mountains at the source (2)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Cerros de Voipire7.7 km away
- Cerro La Plaza13 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Toltén River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (4)
Also: Allipén River, Mahuidanche River, Donguil River, Rio Voipir
ArgentinaWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1426113) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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