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19082_Portada.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:49:45 2007 Page 1 19082_Portada.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:49:45 2007 Page 2 DESIERTO COSTERO : DESEM Autorizada su circulación, por Resolución exenta Nº 379 del 9 de Diciembre de 2005 de la Dirección Nacional de Fronteras y Límites del Estado. La edición y circulación de mapas, cartas geográficas u otros impresos y documentos que se refieran o relacionen con los límites y fronteras de Chile, no comprometen, en modo alguno, al Estado de Chile, de acuerdo con el Art. 2º, letra g del DFL. Nº83 de 1979 del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 19082_Portada.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:49:45 2007 Page 3 EMBOCADURA DEL RIO LOA «Authorized by Resolution Nº 379 dated Dicember 9, 2005 of the National Direction of Frontiers and Limits of the State. The edition or distribution of maps, geographic charts and other prints and documents thar are referred or related with the limits and frontiers of Chile, don not compromise, in anyway, the State of Chile, according to Article Nº 2, letter G of the DFL Nº 83 of 1979, dictaded by the Ministry of Foreign Relations». 19082_Portada.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:49:45 2007 Page 4 UBICACIÓN: LOCATION: La Ruta Patrimonial Desierto Costero: Heritage Road Coastal Desert: Loa River Desembocadura del río Loa se ubica Outlet locates at the west end of the en el extremo occidental de la hoya hydrographic river basin of the Loa River, hidrográfica del río Loa, corresponding to a littoral strip of marine correspondiente a una faja litoral de terraces of 2 kilometers, between the terrazas marinas de 2 kilómetros, entre Pacific Ocean and the Coast Cordillera. el océano Pacífico y la Cordillera de la Costa. At 270 kilometers to the north of Antofagasta city and at 150 kilometers A 270 kilómetros al norte de la ciudad to the south of Iquique city through road de Antofagasta y a 150 kilómetros al 1, this heritage road has been set in three sur de la ciudad de Iquique por la ruta independent tours. They immediately 1, esta ruta patrimonial se ha located the Customs complex of the Loa configurado en tres recorridos River to the south and match with the independientes. Estos se emplazan political administrative limit of inmediatamente al sur del complejo Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions aduanero del río Loa y coincide con el respectively. límite político administrativo de las regiones de Tarapacá y Antofagasta. TO ACCESS THE ROAD: Take road 1, paved public road in very PARA ACCEDER A LA RUTA: good conditions, alternative to road 5, Tome la ruta 1, camino público which allows to know abrupt shores of asfaltado en muy buen estado, the Coast Cordillera. From the city of alternativo a la ruta 5, que permite Iquique through the north or from the conocer las abruptas costas de la city of Antofagasta by the south you Cordillera de la Costa. Desde la ciudad access the heritage road directly through de Iquique por el norte o desde la road 1, until arriving to the Customs ciudad de Antofagasta por el sur se complex of the Loa River. After the accede a la ruta patrimonial pertinent controls, we recommend to directamente por la ruta 1, hasta llegar make the segments tour according to al complejo aduanero del río Loa. your interest and time available. Luego de los controles pertinentes, recomendamos realizar el recorrido de ACCESS TO SEGMENTS los tramos de acuerdo a su interés y Segment A: from the Customs complex tiempo disponible. take rubbled secondary road, parallel to road 1 through the west, 200 meters to ACCESO A TRAMOS: the south, to later derive other 200 Tramo A: desde el complejo aduanero, meters directly to the west, arriving to tomar camino secundario ripiado, Guidepost Nº 1, corresponding to the paralelo a la ruta 1 por el poniente, 200 parking lot area of this segment. metros al sur, para luego derivar directamente al poniente otros 200 Segment B: from the Customs complex, metros, llegando al Hito Nº 1, take road 1 to the south, 210 meters to correspondiente al área de the south, to later derive other 1000 estacionamiento de este tramo. meters directly to the east through rubbled road in good conditions, arriving Tramo B: desde el complejo aduanero, to the Guidepost Nº 1, corresponding to tomar ruta 1 al sur, 210 metros al sur, the parking lot area of this segment. para luego derivar directamente al oriente otros 1000 metros por camino Segment C: from Customs complex, take ripiado en buen estado, llegando al road 1, 530 meters to the south, to later Hito Nº 1, correspondiente al área de derive other 230 meters directly to the estacionamiento de este tramo. east through rubbled road in good conditions, arriving to Guidepost Nº 1, Tramo C: desde el complejo aduanero, corresponding to parking lot area of this tomar ruta 1, 530 metros al sur, para segment. luego derivar directamente al oriente otros 230 metros por camino ripiado en buen estado, llegando al Hito Nº 1, correspondiente al área de estacionamiento de este tramo. 19082_Interior.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:32:21 2007 Page 1 RUTA PATRIMONIAL DESIERTO COSTERO: Desembocadura del Río Loa La Ruta Patrimonial Desierto Costero: Desembocadura del río Loa, permite conocer uno de los hábitats de humedal más singulares de la geografía chilena: la desembocadura del único río cuyas aguas caen al mar en el amplio desierto del norte grande chileno, entre la quebrada de Camarones y el río Copiapó, en una extensión costera de casi 1000 kilómetros de desierto, uno de los más áridos del mundo. Como poseedor de la cuenca hidrográfica más grande de Chile, ésta es una atractiva invitación a adentrarnos en sus secretos y contornos, que dan vida e historia a este verdadero oasis de las cordilleras costeras de Tarapacá. Son 1,7 kilómetros de caminata divididos en tres tramos, cada uno con acceso vehicular para una mejor aproximación a los puntos de interés. Visitando ambas riberas del río, se constituye en una interesante ruta biregional donde se combinan la observación del paisaje litoral, de su flora, avifauna y sitios de ocupación ancestral. Cabe destacar que esta área formará parte del Sistema Público - Privado de Bienes Nacionales Protegidos de este Ministerio, que entre sus proyecciones para el bicentenario comprenderá la protección efectiva de 40 territorios de propiedad fiscal, que suman cerca de 1,5% del territorio nacional, combinando instrumentos de protección, planificación, gestión de terceros y acceso público. HERITAGE ROUTE COAST DESERT: Loa River Outlet The Heritage Route Coast Desert: Loa River Outlet allows you to know one of the most unique wetland habitats of Chilean geography: the outlet of the only river which waters fall into the sea at the Chilean big north wide desert, between Camarones stream and Copiapó river, in a coast extension of almost 1000 kilometers of desert, one of the most arid in the world. As the owner of Chiles biggest hydrological catchment basin, this is an attractive invitation to penetrate its secrets and contours, which give birth and history to this true oasis of Tarapacá coast cordilleras. This is a 1.7 kilometer walk divided into three segments, each with vehicle access for better approaching to interesting spots. Visiting both banks of the river, it is an interesting bi-regional route combining littoral landscape, flora, bird fauna watching, with ancestral settlement sites. Note that this area will be part of the Protected National Property Concession System of this Ministry, which projections for the Bicentenary comprise effective protection of 40 state-owned territories, totaling around 1.5% of the national territory, combining protection, planning, third-party management, and public access tools. 19082_Interior.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:32:21 2007 Page 2 DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Esta ruta patrimonial es una Those who travel by Road 1, alternativa de conocimiento y connecting the cities of Antofagasta recreación obligada, para quienes and Iquique by the coast, cannot miss transitan por la ruta 1, que une las this Heritage Route, which is an ciudades de Antofagasta e Iquique alternative of knowledge and por la costa. recreation. Inmediatamente al sur del control A great opportunity shows up aduanero del río Loa, se abre una immediately to the south of the Loa extraordinaria oportunidad para river frontier control to know some saber más de este río, el que ha sido more about this river, which has been por mucho tiempo una inmensa a huge source of both natural and fuente de riqueza ambiental e historical resources for a long time. histórica. Nos encontramos, luego Throughout this 440 km tour, we de su largo recorrido de 440 encounter valuable evidence of kilómetros, con valiosos precedentes human settlement since pre-Hispanic de ocupación humana desde times, as well as unmatchable flora tiempos prehispánicos, riqueza resources and a wide range of fauna florística inigualable y una amplia to observe. gama de fauna posible de observar. Its exoreic Andean basin evidences a Su cuenca exorreica andina nos da watercourse that has been able to cuenta que su curso de agua ha flow from the Andean cordillera by logrado transitar desde la cordillera Miño volcano to this distant and Andina junto al volcán Miño hasta forgotten spot of the Pacific Ocean. este punto lejano y olvidado del Its coast valleys were once océano Pacífico. Sus valles costeros, splendorous, becoming the business algún día, vieron un tiempo de connection between the littoral and esplendor, logrando ser el nexo the main altiplanic cities. comercial entre el litoral y las principales ciudades altiplánicas. To take the tour, this route has been divided into three segments: Para realizar el recorrido, esta ruta se ha dividido en tres tramos: 19082_Interior.FH11 Tue Nov 27 17:32:21 2007 Page 3 Tramo A: permite visitar la Segment A: allowing to visit Loa River desembocadura del río Loa por su Outlet by its north bank, comprising ribera norte, abarcando sitios de sites of heritage interest located interés patrimonial emplazados around the wetland and its lagoon, alrededor del humedal y su laguna, by the outlet.
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    FLORA DEL SALAR DE ASCOTAN, REGIÓN DE ANTOFAGASTA (II REGIÓN), CHILE Saltmarsh vascular flora at Ascotán. Región de Antofagasta (II). Chile Sebastián Teillier A. Escuela de Ecología y Paisajismo, Universidad Central e-mail: [email protected] RESUMEN En este trabajo se da cuenta de la flora vascular del salar de Ascotán. Este salar esta conformado por una serie de afloramientos de agua dulce que convergen hacia el centro del salar en una laguna, existiendo un fuerte gradiente de salinidad, desde el afloramiento hacia la laguna, donde la salinidad es muy alta y la vegetación desaparece. La flora vascular esta formada por unas 22 especies. Todas las especies encontradas son nativas, sin embargo, no se detectaron especies endémicas de Chile. Respecto a su distribución geográfica en Chile, se encontraron elementos de distribución predominante en los salares del Altiplano (rara vez sobrepasan en los 30°S), elementos de distribución en salares y humedales ubicados en la zona, pero a menor altitud ("desérticos"), y elementos de amplia distribución en los humedales del país. Palabras clave: flora, salar, Chile, Altiplano ABSTRACT Ascotan saltmarsh has several freshwater springs that flows into a central shallow saline lagoon. An increasing salinity gradient was observed from the springs too the central lagoo, thus restricting terestrial vegetation to the less salty areas next to the springs. There were 22 vascular plant species in the saltmarsh, all of them were native species but no chilean endemics were found. Geographic ranges of plant species in Chile, could be separated in categories: species with altiplanic distribution that are not found beyond 30°S latitude), species that grows also in saltmarshes and other wetlands at lower altitudes, and species with a broad distribution in chilean wetlands.
  • Inca Rule in Caspana: an Approach to Andean Political Thinking (Loa River, Northern Chile)

    Inca Rule in Caspana: an Approach to Andean Political Thinking (Loa River, Northern Chile)

    Leonor Adán A. and Mauricio Uribe R. Inca rule in Caspana: an approach to Andean political thinking (Loa River, northern Chile) INCA RULE IN CASPANA: AN APPROACH TO ANDEAN POLITICAL THINKING (LOA RIVER, NORTHERN CHILE)1 Leonor Adán A.2 and Mauricio Uribe R.3 D Introduction Abstract The abundance of Inca remains – or remains associated This paper presents the archaeological record for five late with their expansion – over a large part of Chilean terri- pre-Hispanic sites located in Caspana, in order to discuss tory has made the Inca problem one of the most attractive Inca expansion in the upper river Loa basin (Atacama Desert). A first categorization of these sites enables to establish subjects for Chilean archaeologists. Nevertheless it has a distinction between: a) locals settlements with low received only indirect or occasional attention and there presence of inca features –the case of Aldea Talikuna and is a lack of continuity in existing studies; these factors Estancia Mulorojte; b) pure inca settlements, which include contribute to the poor exploitation of the opportunities Cerro Verde, Incahuasi Inca and Vega Salada –mineral, which these material remains offer and of the abundant agricultural and/or cattle sites, and c) shared settlements where both identities are displayed in a symbolically laden documentary and oral history about the Andean world. context –like Los Abuelos cemetery. Our analysis of the This absence of a research line translates into minimal material culture associated to these sites suggests a set of comprehension of the impact of the Tawantinsuyu in the significant differences and similarities that would be the country, as has been remarked on: result of a direct and planned ruling strategy deployed by the Inca State through elaborately complex symbolical means.
  • Peligros Volcánicos Proximales - Hoja 2 De 5 Servicio Nacional De Geología Y Minería Escala 1:250.000 Leyenda

    Peligros Volcánicos Proximales - Hoja 2 De 5 Servicio Nacional De Geología Y Minería Escala 1:250.000 Leyenda

    MAPA1: PELIGROS VOLCÁNICOS PROXIMALES - HOJA 2 DE 5 SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA ESCALA 1:250.000 LEYENDA PROCESOS ERUPTIVOS EN ZONAS PROXIMALES 69° 69°7' 490 km 500 510 50'520 530 40'540 550 30'560 20'570 580 10'590 600 68° 610 km 67°55' 20°32' 20°32' Alto Peligro. Representa el sector más susceptible de ser afectado por procesos eruptivos en el entorno inmediato del edificio volcánico, como flujos de lavas, proyecciones balísticas y corrientes piroclásticas, de forma Paso Abra Oriente de Napa independiente de la magnitud eruptiva. Respecto al registro geológico, incorpora la totalidad de las emisiones de lava posglaciales, proyecciones balísticas y depósitos de flujo piroclástico asociados a colapsos de columnas eruptivas (flujos de escorias o de pómez) y a colapso de domos (flujos de bloques y ceniza), además de zonas proximales de flujos de detritos (lahares). Moderado Peligro. Representa el sector más susceptible de ser afectado por procesos eruptivos derivados de erupciones de mediana a alta magnitud en el edificio principal, como corrientes piroclásticas, avalanchas de MAPA DE UBICACIÓN detritos volcánicos y flujos de detritos. En general, comprende zonas ubicadas en un radio menor a 5 km en torno 7 720 7 720 a la base de los edificios volcánicos. km km Respecto al registro geológico, incorpora la totalidad de emisiones de lavas preglaciales, los segmentos distales 68º00' de los depósitos de flujo piroclástico por colapso de domos (flujo de bloques y ceniza), la mayoría de los depósitos 72º 68º 71º00' 70º00' 0# Campamento Azufrero PERÚ PERÚ Planta Azufrera " de avalanchas volcánicas y las zonas de inundación por flujos de detritos.