Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Drainage Basin of Río de la Plata

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Plata_buenos_aires_montevideo_map.PNG/300px-Plata_buenos_aires_montevideo_map.PNGLa Plata Basin, the Rio de la Plata, the river, is the second largest in South America. In a size of about 4,144,000 km square (1.6 million km ²), the pool is about one quarter the size of the continent. It includes the areas of southeastern Bolivia, southern and central Brazil, the entire nation of Paraguay, Uruguay, and most of northern Argentina. The main tributaries of La Plata basin of the Parana, one of the longest in the world, and its main tributary, the Paraguay River, and the Uruguay River.

Major tributaries of the Paraná River includes Paranaíba, Rio Grande, Corumbá River, Tietê River, the river Paranapanema, Iguazu River, Black River, the river Carcarañá Gualeguay River and the Rio Salado. The Paraná River flows into the large Parana Delta.

The main tributaries of the Paraguay River include Jauru Cuiabá river, River Taquari, Nabileque Curiche River Grand River, the river Apa, Pilcomayo and the Bermejo River. The Paraguay River runs through the wetlands of the Pantanal.

Uruguay are the main tributaries of the River Pelotas, Canoas River, River Peperiguaçu, Ibicuí River, River Quaraí, and Rio Negro.

La Plata Basin rivers transport approximately 57 million cubic meters (2.0 × 109 cubic feet), and silt in the Río de la Plata every year, when Muddy Waters have risen from the winds and tides. Bus transport between the Atlantic and Buenos Aires are open for constant dredging.


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