Orqueta Creek

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'''Orqueta Creek''' is a stream in the center of the [[East Falkland]] in the [[Falkland Islands]], more precisely north of [[Lafonia]] and south of [[Goose Green]], which flows eastward and flows into [[Bodie Creek]]. Throughout its stream, it crosses the settlement of [[Orqueta]].<ref>Strange, Ian (1983) ''The Falkland Islands''</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/38lZxzo "BASE DE DATOS DE NOMBRES GEOGRÁFICOS DE LAS ISLAS MALVINAS"]</ref><ref></ref> The toponym of Horqueta in [[Falkland Islands English]] goes back to the [[gaucho]]s [[Río de la Plata|Rioplantenses]] who inhabited the area towards mid of 19th century and refers to the ''[[Paspalum notatum]]''.<ref name="Spruce">Spruce, Joan. ''Corrals and Gauchos: Some of the people and places involved in the cattle industry''. Falklands Conservation Publication. Bangor: Peregrine Publishing, 1992. 48 pp.</ref><ref></ref>

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[[Category:Rivers of East Falkland]]

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