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Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Location
- Miño Volcano
- Coordinates
- 21°7′10″S 68°37′5″W / 21.11944°S 68.61806°W / -21.11944; -68.61806
- Elevation
- 4,277 m (14,032 ft)
- Length
- 440 km (270 mi)
- Basin size
- 33,570 km (12,960 sq mi)
- Average
- 2.43 m /s (86 cu ft/s)
- Left
- San Pedro de Inacaliri River , Salado River
- Right
- San Salvador River
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Río Loa en Calama.jpg
- Length
- 440
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- Commons category
- Loa River
- watershed area
- 33600
- discharge
- 243
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Loa River in Calama
The Loa River (Spanish: Río Loa) is a U-shaped river in Chile's northern Antofagasta Region. At 440 km (270 mi) long, it is the country's longest river and the main watercourse in the Atacama Desert.
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Salado River (Loa)
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Wayback Machine
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oasis
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Atacama Desert
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hydrography
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river mouth
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Antofagasta Region
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Tarapacá Region
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petroglyph
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pictogram
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Calama
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geoglyph
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Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Salar de Atacama
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Pica
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Chilean Coast Range
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San Pedro
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