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Located at the center Santa Cruz province, in the Department of R\u00edo Chico, this fishermen\u2019s paradise is 70 Km. (43.5 mi.) from Gobernador Gregores, along provincial route N\u00ba 29 and 12 Km (7.5 mi.) from the national route N\u00ba40<\/a> crossroads.<\/p>\n One of the main characteristics of this lake is its partly alkaline waters, which are an ideal habitat for the salmon family<\/strong>, such as rainbow trout, brook trout, and landlocked salmon.\u00a0 This makes this spot a favorite for fishing enthusiasts<\/strong>, who arrive from various latitudes sure that they will satisfy their fishing yearning, since fish concentration here is one of the highest. Lake Cardiel has a surface of 480 Km2, at 270 meters (886 ft) above sea level. It is surrounded by gullied hills and receives the waters from the plateau of La Muerte<\/strong>. These spills belong to temporary rivulets formed by the snow merged with filtration waters emanating at the base of the basalt cover. The main rivulet is R\u00edo Cardiel. Large quantities of sand are dragged by the west winds that blow over the surrounding plateau and accumulate along the east bank. The waters are saline and therefore ingestion should be avoided.<\/p>\n Vegetation is scarce<\/strong>, due to the continental cold weather and little rain.\u00a0 Bare soils or covered in xerophytic vegetation are predominant \u2013 a typical characteristic of deserts. \u201cLake Cardiel\u201d was named after Jesuit Father Jos\u00e9 Cardiel<\/strong> who, together with fathers Jos\u00e9 Quiroga and Strobel, established the Misi\u00f3n Salesiana Patag\u00f3nica<\/em><\/strong> (Salesian Patagonic Mission) in February 1746<\/strong>. The names of his two partners were chosen to call the other two lakes of the area:\u00a0 Strobel and Quiroga.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Known by its fishing richness, this lake of turquoise and grey waters marvels every visitor. Located at the center Santa Cruz province, in the Department of R\u00edo Chico, this fishermen\u2019s paradise is 70 Km. (43.5 mi.) from Gobernador Gregores, along provincial route N\u00ba 29 and 12 Km (7.5 mi.) from the national route N\u00ba40 crossroads…. Read on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[26],"class_list":{"0":"post-6380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gobernador-gregores","7":"tag-excursiones"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6381,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6380\/revisions\/6381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMoreover, the Gobernador Gregores Sports Department is still offering the traditional \u201cFiesta del Salm\u00f3n<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> (Salmon Festival)<\/strong> which takes place annually during Holy Week, and where individual and team fishing contests are organized, divided into men, ladies and junior categories.<\/p>\n
\nThe region\u2019s outstanding feature is the high plains covered in basalts<\/strong>, brown-colored stones which show that the sea covered the area in previous geological eras<\/strong>. Other findings, such as reptile remains and sea species, support this theory.<\/p>\n