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San Pedro de Inacaliri River, or called simply San Pedro River, is a river of Chile located in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. It begins at the confluence of the rivers Silala and ''Cajón'', at an elevation over 4,000 m asl. A part of its flow is diverted (between 50 and 60 l/s) and conducted across the desert to Chuquicamata for domestic water supply. About 8 km south, the waters of the river disappear in a floodplain area to reappear 15 km downstream at the so-called ''Ojos del San Pedro'' in the form of a partially overground stream, at the eastern border of a salt flat with a surface of 5 km². Before discharging into Loa River, the river skirts the San Pedro volcano, where it has carved a 100-m-deep canyon through a rhyolite lava flow. ==References== *This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia, accessed August 31, 2007. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Pedro de Inacaliri River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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