Rio de la Plata Basin

Rio de la Plata Basin
La Plata Basin

The Río de la Plata Basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Plata, Portuguese: Bacia Platina), sometimes called the Platine basin[1] or Platine region,[2] is the name given to the 4,144,000 square kilometres (1,600,000 sq mi)[3] hydrographical area that covers parts of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is the second largest river basin on Earth.

The precipitation falling within this area is collected by several rivers to finally reach the Río de la Plata (or River Plate; River Silver in Spanish), many of them through the Paraná River and the Uruguay River, its two most important tributaries. These rivers include the Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Bermejo, Salado, Carcarañá, Tercero, Cuarto, Iguazú, Salado del Sur, Gualeguay, Nogoyá, Mocoretá, Gualeguaychú, Miriñay, Aguapey, Negro, Guaycurú, San Javier, Guayquiraró and Samborombón.[4]

References

  1. ^ Whigham, Thomas. 2002. The Paraguayan War: Causes and Early Conduct, v. 1. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8032-4786-4
  2. ^ e.g., Scheina, Robert L. 2003. Latin America's Wars: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791–1899, v. 1. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, Inc., p. 313. ISBN 978-1-5748-8450-0
  3. ^ "Río de la Plata". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/463804/Rio-de-la-Plata. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 
  4. ^ Varis, Olli; Cecilia Tortajada; Biswas, Asit K. 2008. Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes v. 1. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 268–272. ISBN 978-3-5407-4926-4

External links

Coordinates: 32°15′S 59°30′W / 32.25°S 59.5°W / -32.25; -59.5