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The Baker River is a river located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of the Chilean Patagonia. It is Chile's largest river in terms of volume of water. The river flows out of Bertrand Lake, which is fed by General Carrera Lake. It runs along the east side of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and empties into the Pacific Ocean, near the town of Caleta Tortel. The river forms a delta, dividing into two major arms, of which only the northernmost one is navigable.

Baker River
Baker River in the Aysén Region
Location
Countries
  • Chile
  • Argentina
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBertrand Lake
 • elevation200 m (660 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Baker Channel, Pacific Ocean
Length170 km (110 mi)[1]
Basin size26,726 km2 (10,319 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average875 m3/s (30,900 cu ft/s)[2]

Its characteristic turquoise-blue color is due to the glacial sediments deposited in it.

It was the proposed site of a controversial major hydro-electric project, involving five dams, to be the biggest in the history of Chile. Called HidroAysén, the project was a joint venture between Endesa Chile a subsidiary of the international energy conglomerate Enel, and Colbún S.A. a subsidiary of Minera Valparaíso. The series of hydro-electric dams were proposed along both the Baker and Pascua rivers, two of Chile's mightiest rivers. The project was opposed by a protest campaign led by Chilean and international environmental activist groups. Few rivers this large in the world remain undammed and free flowing.[3] Chile's Committee of Ministers overturned the environmental permits for the HidroAysén dam project June 2014.[4][5]


Tributaries


The river also receives the waters of the Cochrane Lake through the Cochrane River. Other major tributaries are:




See also



References


  1. Río Baker Archived 2007-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Hidrografía Región de Aysén". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  3. "Resources - International Rivers".
  4. "Chile Scraps Huge Patagonia Dam Project After Years of Controversy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-15.
  5. "Chilean Patagonia spared from US$10 billion mega-dam project | David Hill". TheGuardian.com. 11 June 2014.



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На других языках

[de] Río Baker

Der Río Baker ist ein Fluss in der Region Aisén im chilenischen Teil Patagoniens. Es ist Chiles Fluss mit der höchsten Wasserführung.
- [en] Baker River (Chile)

[es] Río Baker

El río Baker es un curso natural de agua que nace en el lago Bertrand y fluye con dirección general sur en la Región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo hasta desembocar en el océano Pacífico

[ru] Бейкер (река)

Бейкер или Бакер[1] (исп. Río Baker) — река в области Айсен-дель-Хенераль-Карлос-Ибаньес-дель-Кампо Чили. Длина — 170 км[2]. Площадь водосборного бассейна — 26 726[3] км².


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