Caucau River

Caucau
The scandal-ridden bridge over the Cau-cau River had to be demolished and rebuilt in 2017.[1][2]
Isla Teja in a 1903 map
Location
Country	Chile
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Calle-Calle River
• coordinates	39°48′22″S 73°14′42″W

Caucau River is minor river in the city of Valdivia, southern Chile. Caucau River acts as a regulating channel between Cruces River and Calle-Calle River forming the Isla Teja island in front of the city centre. Its confluence with Calle-Calle River marks the beginning of Valdivia River. '[3]

The subsidence caused by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake caused a permanent flooding of parts botanical garden of the Austral University of Chile that were next to Caucau River.[4]

References

1. "Chile's Cau Cau bridge may have to be demolished". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
2. "Antea Group receives 'intention to award' for bridge over Cau-Cau river, Chile". Dutch Water Sector. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
3. UNGEGN (15 July 2002). "Informes de los gobiernos sobre la situación en sus respectivos países y sobre los progresos realizados en materia de normalización de nombres geográficos desde la séptima conferencia" (PDF). unstats.un.org (in Spanish). UNGEGN. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
4. "The Ecological Approach to the Conservation of Plants in Botanic Gardens - The Experience of the Botanic Garden in Valdivia, Chile". BGCI. June 1998. Archived from the original on 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-07-07.