Río de la Plata

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estuary river mouth

The Río de la Plata is a vast estuary on the southeastern coast of South America that forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay and serves as a crucial waterway for regional trade and transportation.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estuary → river mouth →
adjacentOcean	South Atlantic Ocean →
basinCountry	Argentina → Bolivia → Brazil → Paraguay → Uruguay →
cityOnShore	Buenos Aires → Colonia del Sacramento → La Plata → Montevideo →
continent	South America →
countryBorder	Argentina → Uruguay →
drainageBasinArea	over 3,000,000 km² →
economicImportance	major corridor for exports from Argentina and Uruguay →
emptiesInto	Atlantic Ocean →
flowsBetween	Argentina → Uruguay →
formsPartOfBorderBetween	Argentina and Uruguay →
governingTreaty	River Plate Basin Treaty →
hasTributarySystem	Paraná–Paraguay river system → Uruguay River system →
hasType	tidal estuary →
historicalSignificance	key route for Spanish colonial trade → site of naval battles →
length	approximately 290 km →
literalMeaningOfName	River of Silver →
locatedIn	southeastern coast of South America →
majorPortOnShore	Buenos Aires → Colonia del Sacramento → La Plata → Montevideo →
maximumWidth	over 200 km →
mouthOf	Paraná River → Uruguay River →
nameLanguage	Spanish →
notableEvent	Battle of the River Plate (1939) →
partOf	Río de la Plata Basin →
region	Southern Cone →
salinity	brackish water →
usedFor	fishing → international shipping → recreation → regional trade → transportation →
widthAtMouth	about 220 km →
widthNearBuenosAires	about 40 km →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery → Buenos Aires → Montevideo → Punta del Este ("Río de la Plata estuary") →	locatedOn
Banda Oriental → Puerto Madero →	borderedBy
Argentina → Banda Oriental →	majorRiver
Paraná River ("Río de la Plata estuary") → Uruguay River →	mouth
La Reina del Plata →	associatedWith
Fountain of the Four Rivers →	depicts
La Reina del Plata (""Plata" (silver / Río de la Plata)") →	etymologyComponent
Piazza Navona ("Rio de la Plata") →	featuresRiverPersonifications
Paraná River →	flowsInto
Uruguay River ("Río de la Plata estuary") →	forms
Pedro de Mendoza →	foundationPlace
Uruguay →	hasCoastlineOn
Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ("Río de la Plata estuary") →	hasLocation
Buenos Aires Province →	hasMajorRiver
Toa Baja →	hasRiver
Francisco Javier de Elío →	historicalRegionActivity
La Plata →	locatedNear
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →	namedAfter
Batalla del Río de la Plata ("estuario del Río de la Plata") →	place
Juan de Garay →	region
Admiral Graf Spee ("River Plate estuary") →	scuttledIn
Pedro de Cevallos →	sphereOfInfluence