Laja Falls Explained

Laja Falls (Spanish; Castilian: '''Salto del Laja''') is a waterfall located in the Laja River in southcentral Chile.^{[1] [2]} It lies next to the old Pan-American Highway, between the cities of Los Ángeles and Chillán. Below the falls, the river has formed a narrow canyon. The falls consist of four horseshoe-shaped falls, one on each arm of Laja River. The tallest (35 m) is the easternmost fall, while the western falls are 20 m tall.

Notes and References

1. Solórzano . Andrés . Encinas . Alfonso . Kramarz . Alejandro . Carrasco . Gabriel . Montoya-Sanhueza . Germán . Bobe . René . 2020-10-01 . Late early Miocene caviomorph rodents from Laguna del Laja (~37° S), Cura-Mallín Formation, south-central Chile . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . en . 102 . 102658 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102658 . 219783349 . 0895-9811.
2. Web site: Laja Falls . 2022-09-14 . GoChile . en.