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The Río de la Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ðe la ˈplata] ⓘ; lit. 'River of Silver'), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.
Río de la Plata, a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of South America between Uruguay to the north and Argentina to the south.
The Río de la Plata basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Plata, Portuguese: Bacia do Prata), more often called the River Plate basin in scholarly writings, [1] sometimes called the Platine basin [2] or Platine region, [3] is the 3,170,000-square-kilometre (1,220,000 sq mi) [4] hydrographical area in South America that drains to the Río de la Plata.
El Río de la Plata [1] está formado por la unión de los ríos Paraná y Uruguay, en el Cono Sur de América y desemboca en el Atlántico sur. Puede ser dividido en dos sectores: el interior, compuesto por los tramos superior y medio, el cual es de poca profundidad y se encuentra desprovisto de intrusión salina, y el exterior, comprendido ...
Remarkable ruins of mission churches in Argentina’s Misiones province and in eastern Paraguay are all that remain of this extraordinary enterprise. Throughout the Spanish colonial era the Río de la Plata remained a backwash of the empire.
The Rio de la Plata estuary, between the South American countries of Argentina and Uruguay, houses enormous populations of humans alongside diverse wildlife.
The Río de la Plata is a monumental estuary and drainage basin along South America's southeastern coastline. It is a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean between Uruguay and Argentina. This immense waterway is a testament to the continent's awe-inspiring natural grandeur.
The Río de la Plata, also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and forms a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America.
Río de la Plata - Estuary, Delta, Argentina-Uruguay: The two contributory river systems bring down an immense quantity of silt each year. The muddiness of the water in the Río de la Plata itself is increased by the tides and winds that hinder the deposition of silt on the bed.
The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America (Spanish: Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica), was a name adopted in 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán for the region of South America that declared independence in 1816, with the Sovereign Congress ...