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Futrono Fault is a NWW tending geological fault in Los Ríos Region , running from the northern shore of Ranco Lake through the areas immediately south of Maihue Lake , where it intersects the large Liquiñe - Ofqui Fault , and the east along the Hueinahue River . The volcanic group of Carrán - Los Venados is located above the fault . Futrono ( from the Mapudungun : " Futronhue ", meaning " place of smoke ") is a city and commune in southern ___MASK3___ administered by the Municipality of Futrono . It is located in Ranco Province in Los Ríos Region , on the northwest shore of Ranco Lake . Calcurrupe River ( Spanish : " Río Calcurrupe ") is a river in Ranco Province , southern ___MASK3___ . It drains Maihue Lake and flows westward into Ranco Lake of which it is the primary source . The depression through which the river flows corresponds to the Futrono Fault . The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the ___MASK100___ . They are a continuous range of highlands along the western edge of South America . This range is about long , about wide ( widest between 18 ° south and 20 ° south latitude ), and of an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries : Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , ___MASK82___ , Argentina and ___MASK3___ . Valdivia Province is one of two provinces of the southern Chilean region of Los Ríos ( XIV ). The provincial capital is Valdivia . Located in the province are two important rivers , the Calle - Calle / Valdivia River and the Cruces River . It is part of Northern Patagonia and its wild virgin forest embrace the Patagonian Cordillera following the river Calle Calle down to the Pacific Ocean . It is known in Patagonia the term " Bosque Valdiviano " referring to the primitive forest of Valdivia with its native trees . These forests are present in some parts of Northern Patagonia , both in ___MASK3___ and Argentina . Carrán - Los Venados is a volcanic group of scoria cones , maars and small stratovolcanoes in southern ___MASK3___ , southeast of Ranco Lake . The highest cone is Los Guindos ( Spanish for " The Cherry Trees ), which is a small stratovolcano with an elevation of . The volcanic group has recorded eruptions from 1955 and 1979 . Located south of Maihue Lake and north Puyehue Volcano Carrán - Los Venados group is placed at the intersection of several faults on the thin crust (~ 30 km ) of southern ___MASK3___ , among them Liquiñe - Ofqui and Futrono Fault . Ranco Lake is located in Ranco Province of ___MASK3___ . It is the largest lake of Los Ríos Region and the fourth largest in ___MASK3___ . Administratively Ranco Lake is split into three communes ; La Unión , Futrono and Lago Ranco . The lake hosts a series of islands , of which Huapi Island is the largest . The western half of the lake is roughly circular while the eastern part features deep embayments . Geographically the lake lies in the Andean precordillera , the zone between the Chilean Central Valley and the Andes . Los Lagos Region ( literally " Region of the Lakes ") is one of ___MASK3___ ' s 15 regions , which are first order administrative divisions , and comprises four provinces : Chiloé , Llanquihue , Osorno and Palena . The region contains the country ' s second largest island , Chiloé , and the second largest lake , Llanquihue . Valdivia is a city and commune in southern ___MASK3___ , administered by the Municipality of Valdivia . The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle - Calle , Valdivia , and Cau - Cau Rivers , approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla . Since October 2007 , Valdivia has been the capital of Los Ríos Region and is also the capital of Valdivia Province . The national census of 2002 census recorded the commune of Valdivia as having 140 , 559 inhabitants (" Valdivianos "), of whom 127 , 750 were living in the city . The main economic activities of Valdivia include tourism , wood pulp manufacturing , forestry , metallurgy , and beer production . The city is also the home of the Austral University of ___MASK3___ , founded in 1954 , and the Centro de Estudios Científicos . The Maihue Lake (, Mapudungun for " Wooden glass ") is a lake located east of Ranco Lake in the Andean mountains of southern ___MASK3___ . The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed by mountain ranges of the Andes , by all sides , and drains west to Ranco Lake . The XIV Los Ríos Region ( Spanish : " XIV Región de Los Ríos ", literally in English : " XIV Region of the Rivers ") is one of ___MASK3___ ' s 15 regions , the country ' s first - order administrative divisions . Its capital is Valdivia . It began to operate as a region on October 2 , 2007 , having been created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern ___MASK3___ . It consists of two provinces : Valdivia and the newly created Ranco Province , which was formerly part of Valdivia Province . ___MASK3___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK3___ , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . ___MASK3___ also claims about of Antarctica , although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty . The Central Valley , Intermediate Depression , or Longitudinal Valley is the depression between the Chilean Coastal Range and the Andes Mountains . The central valley should not be confused with Central ___MASK3___ that encompasses part of the valley . At its broadest definition , the geological one , the Central Valley has a discontinuous extension from Pampa del Tamarugal at 20 ° S to Ofqui Isthmus at 46 ° S . The viticultural Central Valley extends from Santiago southwards to the Bío - Bío Region . Hueinahue River is a river in Futrono and Lago Ranco communes , southern ___MASK3___ . It drains waters from the cordillera at the Argentine border west to Maihue Lake , which in turn flows by Calcurrupe River into Ranco Lake . The river flows in an east - west direction along the Futrono Fault .