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Chubut

American  
[choo-boot] / tʃʊˈbut /

noun

  1. a river in SW Argentina, in the Andes, flowing E to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.


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The fossils were uncovered in the Cañadón Calcáreo rock formation in Patagonia's Chubut province.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Jorge Diaz, an epidemiologist with Chubut province's health department who worked on the Epuyen hantavirus outbreak, told AFP that "we knew very little about the disease" in 2018.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The man in question, 32-year-old Diego Barria, had last been seen on Feb. 18 riding his all-terrain-vehicle along the coast in Rocas Coloradas, a town in southern Argentina’s Chubut province.

From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Welsh is spoken mainly in the Gaiman area of Chubut province some 650 miles south of Buenos Aires, as well as in the towns of Trevelin and Esquel close to the border with Chile.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2022

The Chubut colonists are going into the wool business, though slowly, and this is certain to be the greatest source of wealth to the colonists in the future.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.