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{{short description|Waterfall in Chile}}
[[File:Salto del Laja.jpg|thumb|300px|Laja Falls]]
'''Laja Falls''' ({{langx|es|'''Salto del Laja'''}}) is a [[waterfall]] located in the [[Laja River (Chile)|Laja River]] in southcentral [[Chile]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Solórzano |first1=Andrés |last2=Encinas |first2=Alfonso |last3=Kramarz |first3=Alejandro |last4=Carrasco |first4=Gabriel |last5=Montoya-Sanhueza |first5=Germán |last6=Bobe |first6=René |date=2020-10-01 |title=Late early Miocene caviomorph rodents from Laguna del Laja (~37° S), Cura-Mallín Formation, south-central Chile |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981120302017 |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |language=en |volume=102 |article-number=102658 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102658 |s2cid=219783349 |issn=0895-9811|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Laja Falls |url=https://www.gochile.cl/en/laja-falls/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=GoChile |language=en}}</ref> It lies next to the old [[Pan-American Highway]], between the cities of [[Los Ángeles, Chile|Los Ángeles]] and [[Chillán]]. Below the falls, the river has formed a narrow canyon. The falls consist of four horseshoe-shaped falls, one on each arm of Laja River. The tallest (35 m) is the easternmost fall, while the western falls are 20 m tall.

[[File:Salto del Laja 1.jpg|thumb|left|Two eastern falls from above]]
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==See also==
* [[List of waterfalls]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Salto del Laja}}

{{Bío Bío Region rivers and lakes}}

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[[Category:Waterfalls of Chile]]
[[Category:Landforms of Biobío Region]]


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