Cisnes River


The Cisnes River is a river located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of the Chilean Patagonia. It runs in east-west direction from the mountains near the border to Argentina and empties into the Pacific Ocean, near the town of Puerto Cisnes at Puyuhuapi Channel.
Its characteristic turquoise-blue color is due to the glacial sediments deposited in it. Moro River and Pinchado River are some of the major tributaries of the river.

Climate

Cisnes river has a Mediterranean continental climate with warm summers, since at least 4 months have an average temperature above 10 °C and at least one month has an average temperature below 0 °C, using the threshold of -3 °C its climate would be Mediterranean subalpine.