Welcome to the Queuco River!
Research Website born from and for the Queuco River.
Participatory science to inform, inspire, and motivate to care for healthy rivers and their resilience as socio-ecosystems.
Due to its ecological uniqueness, history, and cultural richness, it is a territory that possesses a highly valuable bio-cultural heritage for conservation.
About the Queuco River
The Queuco River is a tributary of the Biobío River basin, which originates in the Andes mountain range and flows approximately 70 kilometers. Its basin covers 987 square kilometers coinciding on the east with the border between Chile and Argentina, located in the ancestral territory of the Mapuche-Pewenche indigenous people.
Historically, it has been inhabited by Mapuche Pewenche communities that are currently organized in lob (communities or territories) and in processes of territorial recovery. According to the worldview of this culture, water is alive and is life itself, and the river is perceived as part of the family and community.
“The Biobío River basin harbors the greatest diversity of native fish species in Chile, including two endemic species (that only live in this basin): the Bagrecito (Trichomycterus chiltoni) and the Carmelita de Concepción (Percilia irwini), all of which are vulnerable or endangered.”
