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2]: Length: 290 km (180 mi) [3] 4,876 km (3,030 mi) including the Paraná: Basin size: 3,170,000 km 2 (1,220,000 sq mi) [4] 3,182,064 km 2 (1,228,602 sq mi) [5]: Discharge: : • location: Río de la Plata, Atlantic Ocean: • average: (Period 1971-2010) . 27,225 m 3 /s (961,400 cu ft/s) [5] 22,000 m 3 /s (780,000 cu ft/s) [3]. 884 km 3 /a (28,000 m 3 /s) [6]: • minimum: 12,000 m 3 /s ...
The Río de la Plata basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Plata, Portuguese: Bacia do Prata), more often called the River Plate basin in scholarly writings, [1] sometimes called the Platine basin [2] or Platine region, [3] is the 3,170,000-square-kilometre (1,220,000 sq mi) [4] hydrographical area in South America that drains to the Río de la Plata.
The La Plata River (Spanish: Río de la Plata) is the longest river in Puerto Rico. It is located in the north coast of the island. [1] It flows from south to north, and drains into the Atlantic Ocean about 11 miles (18 km) west of San Juan. The mouth of the river is a resort area with white sandy beaches. [2] [3]
The Rio de la Plata marine ecoregion covers the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, between the shores of Argentina an Uruguay and inshore of the continental shelf of the Uruguay - Buenos Aires Shelf marine ecoregion. The ecoregion is an important reproductive and nursery ground for marine life, as the river runoff provides nutrients for larval and ...
Paranaíba River: right Paraná source; BR (Minas Gerais and Goiás, border in part); 1] Rio Iguaçu at GEOnet Names Server, Rio Paranaíba at GEOnet Names Aporé River : right; BR (Goiás and Mato Grosse do Sul border); 19°27′29″S 50°56′26″W / 19.45806°S 50.94056°W / -19.45806; -50.94056 ( Aporé River ) ; [ 1 ] Rio ...
Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Río de la Plata," and means "sea of the Río de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River) Plate region." [1] Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina.
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Barra del Indio (also known as Del Indio, Barra Indio) is a submerged shoal in the Rio De La Plata river. It is the longest shoal in the world with a length of 220 km. It divides the estuary of the Río de La Plata river from the ocean water. It is a breeding site of many species of fish.