Icalma Lake
Icalma Lake is connected to the Laguna Chica de Icalma (Little Lake of Icalma) by a short stream about 300 metres (980 ft) long. The two lakes together have a surface area of 11.7 square kilometres (2,900 acres). Icalma Lake drains northeastwards by way of a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long river named Rukanuco. Icalma Lake and nearby Galletué Lake are the sources of the Bio Bio River.
Flora and Fauna
The most abundant species of fish in the lake is the brown trout. The lake also has a population of rainbow trout. Neither species is native to Chile.
The lake and village are in the ecoregion of the Valdivian Temperate Rain Forest. The monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) locally called "pehuen" is the most distinctive of the tree species in the forest.
Climate
Under the Köppen climate classification, Icalma has an oceanic climate, designated Csb. Under the Trewartha climate classification the climate is Crlk: mild summers, cool winters, and humid.
Climate data for Icalma | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28 (1.1) |
34 (1.3) |
64 (2.5) |
87 (3.4) |
200 (7.9) |
231 (9.1) |
218 (8.6) |
162 (6.4) |
99 (3.9) |
56 (2.2) |
61 (2.4) |
44 (1.7) |
1,284 (50.6) |
Source: |
See also
- Llaima
- Sollipulli
- Bertrand, Sébastien; Charlet, François; Chapron, Emmanuel; Fagel, Nathalie; De Batist, Marc (2008). "Reconstruction of the Holocene seismotectonic activity of the Southern Andes from seismites recorded in Lago Icalma, Chile, 39°S" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 259 (2–3): 301–322. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.013. hdl:1912/2176.
References
- ^ [1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, El Sistema Fluvial Río Bío-Bío: Area de Aplicación del Modelo
- ^ "Paso Icalma," http://www.dangerousroads.org/south-america/chile/5277-paso-icalma.html, accessed 17 Apr 2018
- ^ F. Scasso & H. Campos (2000) Pelagic Fish Communities and Eutrophication in Lakes of an Andean Basin of Central Chile, Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 15:1, 71-82, DOI:10.1080/02705060.2000.9663723,https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02705060.2000.9663723
- ^ "Crossing into Chile though Icalma", https://www.welcomeargentina.com/alumine/icalma-international-pass.html
- ^ "Icalma Climate Table"," Climate Data.org, https://en.climate-data.org/location/148729/, accessed 11 Apr 2018