Ro de la Plata Basin

Ro de la Plata Basin
The Ro de la Plata Basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Plata, Portuguese: Bacia do Prata), sometimes called the Platine basin[1] or Platine region,[2] is the name given to the 4,144,000 square kilometres (1,600,000sqmi) hydrographical area that covers parts of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is one of the largest river basins on Earth. The precipitation falling within this area is collected by several rivers to finally reach the Ro de la Plata (or River Plate; River of Silver in Spanish), many of them through the Paran River and the Uruguay River, its two most important tributaries. These rivers include the Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Bermejo, Salado, Carcara, Tercero, Cuarto, Iguaz, Salado del Sur, Gualeguay, Nogoy, Mocoret, Gualeguaych, Miriay, Aguapey, Negro, Guaycur, San Javier, Guayquirar and Samborombn.[3]

La Plata Basin

Dams
There are several hydroelectric dams operating in the basin, among them, the Rincon del Bonete or Gabriel Terra Reservoir on the Rio Negro in Uruguay. Further down the river the Baygorria Dam and the Constitution Dam at Palmar. The Salto Grande Dam is on the Uruguayan river on the border between Uruguay and Argentina.[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, 17911899, v. 1. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, Inc., p. 313. ISBN 978-1-5748-8450-0 [3] Varis, Olli; Cecilia Tortajada; Biswas, Asit K. 2008. Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes v. 1. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 268272. ISBN 978-3-5407-4926-4 [4] http:/ / es. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Cuenca_del_Rio_de_la_Plata/

External links
Association of American States: La Plata Basin (http://www.oas.org/dsd/plata/) (Spanish) Map (http://www.chasque.apc.org/rmartine/hidrovia/mapa1.html) Cuenca del Plata (http://www.monografias.com/trabajos10/cplata/cplata.shtml) at Monografas.com
(Spanish)

Coordinates: 3215S 5930W (http:/ / tools. wmflabs. org/ geohack/ php?pagename=Ro_de_la_Plata_Basin&params=32_15_S_59_30_W_region:AR_dim:1000km)

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