Arrecifes River

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Arrecifes River
Country Argentina
Physical characteristics
River mouth Paraná River (Río Paraná de las Palmas)

The Arrecifes River (Spanish Río Arrecifes [1] ) is a river of Argentina. It is a tributary of the Paraná River. It flows into the Paraná Delta area and joins the Paraná de las Palmas distributary of the Paraná River. [2]

Argentina federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially named the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Paraná River river in South America

The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres (3,030 mi). It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language and means "like the sea". It merges first with the Paraguay River and then farther downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

Paraná Delta river delta in Argentina

The Paraná Delta is the delta of the Paraná River in Argentina and it consists of several islands known as the Islas del Paraná. The Paraná flows north–south and becomes an alluvial basin between the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires then emptying into the Río de la Plata.

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Coordinates: 33°45′19″S59°34′11″W / 33.75528°S 59.56972°W / -33.75528; -59.56972 [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Río Arrecifes at GEOnet Names Server
  2. ↑ Río Paraná de las Palmas at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ GNS coordinates adjusted using Google Maps and GeoLocator


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