El Yeso reservoir, along with the nearby Laguna Negra, is a major source of drinking water for Santiago.
Its water has a turquoise hue and is suitable for fishing and windsurfing.
Less than 2 kilometers drive, is "Refugios del Yeso", a shelter built in the 50s to house workers during the construction of the same reservoir. In the Beagle Conflict, it was used by the Chilean Army, given its strategic value (it protects the source of drinking water in the capital, and at the same time can defend the capital against the Argentine advance, artillery being necessary).
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^ abEarth Info, earth-info.nga.mil webpage: . Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-27..
^Google Earth elevation for coordinates. Retrieved on July 17, 2007.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
yeso, yeso, reservoir, located, andes, santiago, metropolitan, region, chile, formed, damming, yeso, river, part, maipo, river, basin, reservoir, capacity, completed, 1964, yesoaerial, view, yeso, right, laguna, negra, during, summer, yesocoordinates33, typere. El Yeso is a reservoir located in the Andes in the Santiago Metropolitan Region Chile It was formed by the damming of the Yeso River part of the Maipo river basin The reservoir has a capacity of 250 000 000 m 3 and was completed in 1964 El YesoAerial view of El Yeso right and Laguna Negra during the summer El YesoCoordinates33 39 S 70 04 W 33 650 S 70 067 W 33 650 70 067 1 TypereservoirPrimary inflowsYeso RiverPrimary outflowsYeso RiverBasin countriesChileSurface elevation2 568 m 8 425 ft 2 References 1 El Yeso reservoir along with the nearby Laguna Negra is a major source of drinking water for Santiago Its water has a turquoise hue and is suitable for fishing and windsurfing Less than 2 kilometers drive is Refugios del Yeso a shelter built in the 50s to house workers during the construction of the same reservoir In the Beagle Conflict it was used by the Chilean Army given its strategic value it protects the source of drinking water in the capital and at the same time can defend the capital against the Argentine advance artillery being necessary References edit a b Earth Info earth info nga mil webpage GNS Country Files Archived from the original on 2012 05 04 Retrieved 2010 06 27 Google Earth elevation for coordinates Retrieved on July 17 2007 Cuenca del rio Maipo PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 02 12 Retrieved 2007 07 17 nbsp This Santiago Metropolitan Region location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a lake in Chile is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title El Yeso Dam amp oldid 1178341862, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
