Water reserves in Patagonia

After Antartica, Patagonia is one of the most important reservoirs of water. The southern ice fields constitute the third global fresh water reserve in the world, after Antartica and Greenland. This is due to the presence of the Patagonian icecap, that through snowmelting in the high Andean peaks, feeds lakes and rivers like: Negro, Colorado, Santa Cruz, De las Vueltas, just to name a few. These supply the region and could provide water to millions of people.

Although Patagonia is worldwide considered a water reserve and an intangible area inhabited by few, we see that we are not careful and squander our nature resources.

The world sees Patagonia as a nature treasure and it is a pity that only a few are willing to care for it.

Catalina Wisky