Tavolevo River Explained
Tavolevo River, a
tributary of the
Biobío River.
[1] in
Chile. It has two tributaries the
Culenco River flowing southeast from the
Nahuelbuta Range in the
Catirai region and the
Nicodahue River that flows north from the
La Araucanía Region and its two tributaries the
Esperanza and
Maitenrehue Rivers that all originate northwest of
Angol. It is sometimes considered part of the Nicodahue River.
[2] The Tavolevo flows into the Bio Bio fifty kilometers beyond the confluence of the Nicodahue and Culenco Rivers and seven kilometers to the north of
Nacimiento. Immediately downstream from its mouth was the location of the old fort of
Espirito Santo and on its banks significant placer gold deposits. The river was navigable by flatboats up to nine kilometers above its confluence with the Bio Bio. Its
Mapudungun name meant confluence (from
thavun, to join itself, and from
leuvu, river).
Sources
-37.4695°N -72.6868°W
Notes and References
- http://www.dga.cl/otros/informestecnicos/informestecnicos/SDT183/InformeBioBio.pdf EVALUACION DE LOS RECURSOS HIDRICOS SUPERFICIALES EN LA CUENCA DEL RIO BIO BIO
- http://www.sinia.cl/1292/articles-31018_BioBio.pdf Cuenca del río Biobío
