Английская Википедия:Icalma Lake
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox body of water Icalma Lake is a lake of glacial origin located in the Andes of the La Araucanía Region of Chile. A hamlet on the southern shore of the lake is also called Icalma. About Шаблон:Convert from the hamlet is Icalma Pass, Шаблон:Convert in elevation and on the border with Argentina. The pass is traversed by a road, unpaved in Chile in 2017 and sometimes impassable during the Southern Hemisphere winter due to heavy snows.[1] Icalma Airport is located Шаблон:Convert northeast of the hamlet.
Icalma Lake is connected to the Laguna Chica de Icalma (Little Lake of Icalma) by a short stream about Шаблон:Convert long. The two lakes together have a surface area of Шаблон:Convert.[2] Icalma Lake drains northeastwards by way of a Шаблон:Convert long river named Rukanuco. Icalma Lake and nearby Galletué Lake are the sources of the Bio Bio River.[2]
Flora and Fauna
The most abundant species of fish in the lake is the brown trout. The lake also has a population of rainbow trout. Neither species is native to Chile.[3]
The lake and village are 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.[4]
Climate
Under the Köppen climate classification, Icalma has an oceanic climate, designated Csb. Under the Trewartha climate classification the climate is Crlk: mild summers, cool winters, and humid.
See also
References
Шаблон:La Araucanía Region rivers and lakes Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ "Paso Icalma," http://www.dangerousroads.org/south-america/chile/5277-paso-icalma.html, accessed 17 Apr 2018
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- ↑ "Crossing into Chile though Icalma", https://www.welcomeargentina.com/alumine/icalma-international-pass.html