Uruguay River

E33471

international river river

The Uruguay River is a major South American waterway that forms part of the border between Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay before joining the Paraná River to create the Río de la Plata estuary.

Aliases (6)

La Plata river system ×1
Rio Uruguai ×1
Río Uruguay ×1
Uruguay River (via Río de la Plata system) ×1
Uruguay River system ×1
Uruguay River valley ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international river → river →
basinCountry	Argentina → Brazil → Uruguay →
confluenceWith	Paraná River →
continent	South America →
country	Argentina → Brazil → Uruguay →
drainageBasinArea	approximately 365000 km² →
flowsAlong	border of Argentina and Uruguay → border of Rio Grande do Sul and Argentina →
flowsDirection	generally southward →
flowsThrough	Corrientes Province → Entre Ríos Province → Misiones Province → Rio Grande do Sul →
forms	Río de la Plata estuary →
formsBorderBetween	Argentina and Brazil → Argentina and Uruguay → Brazil and Uruguay →
hasCityOnBank	Concordia → Fray Bentos → Gualeguaychú → Paysandú → Salto →
hasDam	Foz do Chapecó Dam → Itá Dam → Salto Grande Dam →
languageOfName	Portuguese → Spanish →
length	approximately 1838 km →
majorTributary	Canoas River → Ibicuí River → Ijuí River → Negro River (Uruguay) → Pelotas River →
mouth	Río de la Plata →
mouthLocation	near Buenos Aires → near Montevideo →
nameInPortuguese	Rio Uruguai →
nameInSpanish	Río Uruguay →
partOf	Río de la Plata Basin →
sourceCountry	Brazil →
sourceLocation	Serra do Mar →
sourceRegion	southern Brazil →
usedFor	hydroelectric power generation → inland navigation → irrigation →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Argentina → Banda Oriental → Mesopotamia (Argentine region) →	majorRiver
Banda Oriental →	borderedBy
Mesopotamia (Argentine region) ("Uruguay River valley") →	contains
Paraguay River ("La Plata river system") →	formsPartOf
Río de la Plata ("Uruguay River system") →	hasTributarySystem
Mesopotamia (Argentine region) →	locatedBetween
Paraná River ("Uruguay River (via Río de la Plata system)") →	majorTributary
Río de la Plata →	mouthOf
Uruguay River ("Rio Uruguai") →	nameInPortuguese
Uruguay River ("Río Uruguay") →	nameInSpanish