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Salta Province

Quebrada de las Flechas

Floor1,793 m5,883 ft
Depth
388 m
Rim
2,224 m
Length
28.5 km
Tonight
15°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h SE

Quebrada de las Flechas is up to 388 m deep: the rim reaches 2,224 m and the floor 1,793 m, along 28.5 km.

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Floor
1,793 m
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Depth

Depth of Quebrada de las Flechas

Up to 388 m deep (typically 258 m) along the 28.5 km in view.

1,6001,8002,0002,2002,400388 mrimfloor0102028.5 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Quebrada de las Flechas 3D map

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Quebrada de las Flechas terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Quebrada de las Flechas elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Quebrada de las Flechas weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 12 km/h SE

Quebrada de las Flechas forecast for about 2,224 m.

  • Tonight15°–12 km/h SE
  • Sat10°24°–26 km/h SE
  • Sun8°15°–26 km/h SE
  • Mon8°19°–24 km/h SE
  • Tue11°20°0.5 mm28 km/h SE
  • Wed10°17°0.9 mm19 km/h SE
  • Thu9°17°6.0 mm22 km/h SE
  • Fri11°19°3.7 mm19 km/h SE
  • Sat12°20°0.7 mm17 km/h SE
  • Sun13°24°–26 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Quebrada de las Flechas

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Quebrada de las Flechas, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km SE
Camping Municipal de AngastacoCampsite3.9 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 14.9 × 14.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
66.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.2%
Steep, 30–45°
6.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.1%
Steeper than 30°
8.0% of the 222 km² view
Relief in view
862 m low point 1,789 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 88.4%Grassland 4.9%Shrubland 3.4%Cropland 2.3%Trees 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.5 km; 38 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Burrowing Parakeet4
  • Tephrocactus weberi3
  • Crested Caracara2
  • Black Vulture2
  • Spectacled Tyrant2
  • Palo brea2
Where it sits

Where Quebrada de las Flechas sits

Region
Salta Province5Argentina42South America235
Nearby

Nearby places

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Quebrada de las Flechas downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-20)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia