Valle Encantado (Magic Valley)
Green Island - Neuquén City
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The Limay river starts at the bottom of the Andes
Mountains, in the Nahuel Huapi lake.
It is 380 km. long and 5 dams have been built on its course to the
Atlantic Ocean: Alicura, Piedra del Águila, Pichi Picún Leufu,
Chocón and Arroyito. These five power stations produce a high percent
of the electricity of the country, while beside Arroyito the only Southamerican
heavy water factory has been built.
It is a river of clear and blue water where everyone can
swim, fish, navigate or camping on its coast. Its 380 km. are surrounded
by different landscapes like the Magic Valley, the Amphitheater or the
Valley of the Dinosaurs.
In the eastern region of Neuquén
province it meets the Neuquén river and together continue their
course to the ocean as the Negro River.
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