Caucau River
| Caucau | |
|---|---|
 | |
Isla Teja in a 1903 map | |
| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Calle-Calle River |
• coordinates | 39°48′22″S 73°14′42″W / 39.8062°S 73.2451°W |
Caucau River is minor river in the city of Valdivia, southern Chile. Caucau River acts as a regulating channel between Cruces River and Calle-Calle River forming the Isla Teja island in front of the city centre. Its confluence with Calle-Calle River marks the beginning of Valdivia River. '[3]
The subsidence caused by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake caused a permanent flooding of parts botanical garden of the Austral University of Chile that were next to Caucau River.[4]
References
- ^ "Chile's Cau Cau bridge may have to be demolished". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Antea Group receives 'intention to award' for bridge over Cau-Cau river, Chile". Dutch Water Sector. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ UNGEGN (15 July 2002). "Informes de los gobiernos sobre la situación en sus respectivos países y sobre los progresos realizados en materia de normalización de nombres geográficos desde la séptima conferencia" (PDF). unstats.un.org (in Spanish). UNGEGN. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "The Ecological Approach to the Conservation of Plants in Botanic Gardens - The Experience of the Botanic Garden in Valdivia, Chile". BGCI. June 1998. Archived from the original on 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-07-07.