Biobio, Chile · South America
Lota sits on the route: 10 minutes from Coronel.
Lota is a town located in Biobio, Chile. With a population of 47,339, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Lota sits in Chile, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Santiago time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Lota to your route.
The Arauco Basin (Spanish: Cuenca de Arauco) is a sediment-filled depression –a sedimentary basin– in south-central Chile. In the context of plate tectonics it is classified as a forearc basin. The basin has an approximate area of 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) and at its deeper parts the surface of itsRead more
sedimentary fill reaches 200 metres (660 ft) below sea-level. The basin is interpreted as being part of an uplifted part of the continental shelf. To the west it bounds an active accretionary prism that lies next to the Chile trench and to the east it bounds metamorphic basement representing a fossil Paleozoic accretionary complex that has been intruded by the Coastal Batholith of central Chile.
Traditionally the centre of coal mining in Chile, large-scale coal mining in Arauco Basin ended in the 1990s. Given a high density of geological faults that have displaced the coal beds and the thin nature of these (less than one metre) mining activity in Arauco Basin has proven difficult to mechanize.
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Lota is located in Biobio, Chile, South America. The coordinates are -37.0899 latitude, -73.1577 longitude.
Lota has a population of approximately 47,339 people, making it a town in Chile.
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