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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 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]
Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Río de la Plata upriver. The terms "right" and "left" indicate on which side of the main stem river a tributary is located, from the perspective of looking downriver, following standard river bank terminology usage.
The La Plata basin is bounded by the Brazilian Highlands to the north, the Andes Mountains to the west, and Patagonia to the south. The watershed extends mostly northward from the source of the Río de la Plata for roughly 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi), as far as Brasília and Cuiabá in Brazil and Sucre in Bolivia, spanning latitudes between 14 and 37 degrees south and longitudes between 43 and ...
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 ...
Location km [1] [2] mi Exit Destinations Notes; Naranjito: ... View of the La Plata River from bridge on Calle Méndez Vigo (PR-6165) Sign for PR-6165 intersection in ...
The Paraguay River is the second major river of the Rio de la Plata Basin, after the Paraná River. The Paraguay's drainage basin, about 1,095,000 square kilometres (423,000 sq mi), [4] covers a vast area that includes major portions of Argentina, southern Brazil, parts of Bolivia, and most of the country of Paraguay.
The tobacco plant is a reminder of what was once an important part of the economic activity of the municipality. Inscribed with "the pearl of La Plata" a reference is made to the location of Comerío, on the banks of the La Plata River and the turreted castle which is a symbol of municipalities of Puerto Rico. [2] [36]