Río_de_la_Plata
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The Río de la Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ðe la ˈplata] ; lit. 'River of Silver'), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and forms a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America. Depending on the geographer, th
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| Río de la Plata River Plate, La Plata River | |
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 NASA photo of the Río de la Plata looking from northwest to southeast. Buenos Aires is visible on the right bank near the Paraná River delta. River sediments turn its water brown as far as Montevideo, visible on the left bank at the outer estuary. | |
 Map of the Río de la Plata basin, showing the Río de la Plata at the mouths of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, near Buenos Aires | |
| Etymology | Spanish for "river of silver" |
| Location | |
| Countries | Argentina and Uruguay |
| Cities | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of Paraná and Uruguay rivers |
| • location | Argentina/Uruguay |
| • coordinates | 34°0′5″S 58°23′37″W / 34.00139°S 58.39361°W |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• location | Argentine Sea, Argentina |
• coordinates | 35°40′S 55°47′W / 35.667°S 55.783°W |
| Length | 290 km (180 mi) 4,876 km (3,030 mi) including the Paraná |
| Basin size | 3,170,000 km (1,220,000 mi) 3,182,064 km (1,228,602 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Río de la Plata, Atlantic Ocean |
| • average | (Period 1971-2010)
27,225 m/s (961,400 cu ft/s) 22,000 m/s (780,000 cu ft/s) 884 km/a (28,000 m/s) |
| • minimum | 12,000 m/s (420,000 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 50,000 m/s (1,800,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Uruguay River, San Juan River, Santa Lucía River |
| • right | Paraná River, Luján River, Salado River |
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