Portal:Argentina/Selected article/Month 04, 2010

Argentino Lake (in Spanish, Lago Argentino) is a freshwater lake located in the Lago Argentino Department in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, at -50.03333°N, -72.06667°W. It is the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina, with a surface area of 1466 km2 (maximum width: 20 mi). It has an average depth of 150 m, and a maximum depth of 500 m.

The lake lies within the Los Glaciares National Park, in a landscape with numerous glaciers and is fed by the glacial meltwater of several rivers, the water from Lake Viedma brought by the La Leona River, and many mountain streams. Its drainage basin amounts to more than 17000 km2. Waters from Lake Argentino flow into the Atlantic Ocean through the Santa Cruz River...

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