Uruguay River

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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.

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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
surface form: Corrientes Province

Entre Ríos Province
Misiones Province
Rio Grande do Sul
forms Río de la Plata
surface form: 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 Pelotas River
surface form: Canoas River

Ibicuí River
Ijuí River
Negro River (Paraguay)
surface form: Negro River (Uruguay)

Pelotas River
mouth Río de la Plata
mouthLocation near Buenos Aires
near Montevideo
nameInPortuguese Uruguay River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rio Uruguai
nameInSpanish Uruguay River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Río Uruguay
partOf La Plata Basin
surface form: Río de la Plata Basin
sourceCountry Brazil
sourceLocation Brazilian Highlands
surface form: Serra do Mar
sourceRegion southern Brazil
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
inland navigation
irrigation

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Argentina majorRiver Uruguay River
Paraná River majorTributary Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River (via Río de la Plata system)
Paraguay River formsPartOf Uruguay River
this entity surface form: La Plata river system
Mesopotamia (Argentine region) contains Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River valley
Uruguay River nameInSpanish Uruguay River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Río Uruguay
Uruguay River nameInPortuguese Uruguay River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rio Uruguai
Río de la Plata mouthOf Uruguay River
Río de la Plata hasTributarySystem Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River system
Banda Oriental majorRiver Uruguay River
Banda Oriental borderedBy Uruguay River
La Plata Basin majorRiver Uruguay River
Yapeyú locatedOn Uruguay River
Yapeyú hasRiver Uruguay River
Río de la Plata region drainedBy Uruguay River
Entre Ríos Province borderedByRiver Uruguay River
Misiones Province hasNaturalFeature Uruguay River
Concordia locatedOnRiver Uruguay River
Concordia hasClimateInfluence Uruguay River
Misiones rainforest borderedBy Uruguay River
Gualeguaychú nearRiver Uruguay River
Gualeguaychú locatedInBasin Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River basin
River Plate Basin Treaty appliesTo Uruguay River
Salto Grande Dam locatedOnRiver Uruguay River
Salto Grande Dam crosses Uruguay River
Salto Grande Dam partOf Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River basin
Itá Dam river Uruguay River
Itá Dam partOf Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River basin
Foz do Chapecó Dam locatedOnRiver Uruguay River
Foz do Chapecó Dam crosses Uruguay River
Paysandú locatedOnRiver Uruguay River
Paysandú borderedBy Uruguay River
Fray Bentos locatedOn Uruguay River
Fray Bentos river Uruguay River
Salto locatedOn Uruguay River
Pelotas River partOf Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River basin
Pelotas River mouth Uruguay River
Pelotas River riverSystem Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River system
Pelotas River tributaryOf Uruguay River
Ibicuí River mouth Uruguay River
Ibicuí River tributaryOf Uruguay River
Ibicuí River partOf Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River basin
Ibicuí River riverSystem Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River system
Ibicuí River emptiesInto Uruguay River
Ijuí River partOf Uruguay River
this entity surface form: Uruguay River basin
Ijuí River tributaryOf Uruguay River
Ijuí River hasMouthIn Uruguay River