Gallegos River

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Gallegos River (Spanish:Río Gallegos) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary lays Río Gallegos city, capital of the province.

The river is born on the junction of the Rubens and Penitentes rivers, and after travelling 180 km it reaches the Atlantic Coast.

On its way east. and after crossing a 200 kilometres wide glacier canyon, it meets the tributaries Turbio, Cóndor, and Zurdo. Inspite of this, the river's stream can be drastically reduce during the dry season.

The river, named after Blasco Gallegos, one of the pilots of the Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1520, is popular for fly fishing of brown trout, but its mainly practiced by tourist.

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