Icalma Lake
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Icalma Lake is connected to the Laguna Chica de Icalma (Little Lake of Icalma) by a short stream about Script error: No such module "convert". long. The two lakes together have a surface area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] Icalma Lake drains northeastwards by way of a Script error: No such module "convert". long river named Rukanuco. Icalma Lake and nearby Galletué Lake are the sources of the Bio Bio River.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.
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See also
- Llaima
- Sollipulli
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References
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