San Pedro de Inacaliri River
{{Infobox river
| name = San Pedro de Inacaliri River
| image = Volcán_Paniri,_Chile,_2016-02-09,_DD_23.JPG
| image_caption = San Pedro River and Paniri volcano
| source1_location =
| mouth_location = Loa River
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Chile
| length = {{convert|76|km|abbr=on}}
| source1_elevation =
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|0.2|m3/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|9,850|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left = Silala River
}}
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
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- This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia, accessed August 31, 2007.
- {{Cite book
|author1=Niemeyer, Hans |author2=Cereceda, Pilar | title = Geografía de Chile — Tomo VIII: Hidrografía
| year = 1983
| edition= 1º edición, Santiago de Chile: Instituto Geográfico Militar}}
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Category:Rivers of Antofagasta Region
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