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Loa

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Loa (lō`ä), longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. It is not navigable but affords some water supply and hydroelectric power for copper and nitrate-mining communities in its vicinity.

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It extended in between Mauna Koa and Mauna Loa, and it was there I learned to shoot goats and wild cattle.
 
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