River
Deseado River
615 km from source to mouth · Argentina.
ArgentinaFlows into Atlantic Ocean10th longest in Argentina
In numbers
Length
615km
Average flow
5.0m³/s
Basin
14,450km²
Drop
365m
from 365 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
615 km of river and 2 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmLake General Carrera/Buenos Airesat 365 m
- 52 kmPinturas Rivertributary
- 582 kmPuerto Deseado16,747 people
- 615 kmAtlantic Oceanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Argentina
At the mouth it carries 5.0 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 500 seconds. It drops from 365 m to 0 m, 0.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 14,450 km², about the size of ME. 25,000 people live in it. Highest water: from June to July; lowest: from November to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Puerto DeseadoLargest city on its banks · 16,747 people
- Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 2 km from the cityCar hire at CRD airport (Comodoro Rivadavia)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water3 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From November to MarchThe best months to visit
Deseado River, month by month
Highest water: from June to July
Lowest water: from November to February. Best months to visit: from November to March.
From about 0.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 95 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Deseado River: the basin in numbers
23,937 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 25,000people live in the basin
- 1/km²people per km²
- 502maverage altitude of the basin
- 197mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 9.4°Caverage air temperature
- 0.1%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 1% Forest
- 65% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Deseado River: what you find on the way
- 1Waterfalls
- 1Boat ramps
- 2Ferry piers
- 4River beachesLa Mina, La Hoya, Piedras Blancas and 1 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Deseado River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
3mountains at the sourcePeakyas
2islands off the mouthIslandyas
Mountains at the source (3)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Cerro Volcán11 km away556m
- Loma Mirador11 km away
- Loma Negra10 km away
Islands off the mouth (2)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Península Stokes11 km away
- Isla de los Leones1.5 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Deseado River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (2)
Also: Pinturas River, Fénix Grande River
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1544156) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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