Galletué Lake
| Galletué Lake | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°40′51″S 71°17′0″W / 38.68083°S 71.28333°W |
| Type | glacial |
| Primary inflows | Ñirreco and Miraflores rivers (Quinquén Valley) |
| Primary outflows | Biobío River |
| Catchment area | 320 square kilometres (120 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Chile |
| Max. length | 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) |
| Surface area | 12.5 square kilometres (3,100 acres) |
| Max. depth | 50 metres (160 ft) |
| Water volume | .4 cubic kilometres (320,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface elevation | 1,150 m (3,770 ft) |
| References | |
Galletué Lake, also spelled as Gualletué Lake, is located in the Andes of the La Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Issuing from the lake on its eastern side is one of the two sources of the Biobío River, the other being nearby Icalma Lake. The lake is in the ecoregion of the Valdivian Temperate Rain Forest. The monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) locally called "pehuen" is the most distinctive of the tree species in the forest.