water resources management in chile 

Statements about this table:
the most populated region in 2002 be the metro region (mr) - santiago metropolitan with a population of 7003122
administrative region
population (2002 census data)
surface km 2
main rivers
average annual rainfall (mm)
average annual runoff (mm)
per capita average annual renewable water resources m 3
i - tarapacá
428594
58698
azapa river , vítor river and camarones river
93.6
7.1
972
ii - antofagasta
493984
126444
loa river
44.5
0.2
51
iii - atacama
254336
75573
salado river
82.4
0.7
208
iv - coquimbo
603210
40656
elqui river , choapa river and limarí river
222
18
1213
administrative region
population (2002 census data)
surface km 2
main rivers
average annual rainfall (mm)
average annual runoff (mm)
per capita average annual renewable water resources m 3
v - valparaíso
1539852
16396
petorca river , la ligua river and aconcagua river
434
84
894
metro region (mr) - santiago metropolitan
7003122
15349
maipo river
650
200
438
vii - maule
908097
30325
mataquito river and maule river
1377
784
26181
viii - biobío
1861562
36929
itata river , biobío river and laja river
1766
1173
23270