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on 2 February 1536. This settlement, however, was quickly abandoned; the failure to establish a settlement on the La Plata estuary led to explorations upriver and the founding of Asunción in 1537. Buenos Aires was subsequently refounded by
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made a detailed study of the Río de la Plata and its tributaries and gave the river its modern name. He explored the Paraná and Uruguay rivers between 1526 and 1529, ascending the Paraná as far as the present-day city of
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in the first quarter of the 19th century. Territorial interests and navigation rights in the Platine region were at issue in many armed conflicts throughout the century, including the
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into the Río de la Plata each year, where the muddy waters are stirred up by winds and tides; the shipping route from the Atlantic to Buenos Aires is kept open by continual
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in South America and their successor states. A series of wars has been fought over territorial control in the region, particularly in the nineteenth century.
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to the south. The watershed extends mostly northward from the source of the Río de la Plata for roughly 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi), as far as
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On the Negro River, in Uruguay, there are the Rincon del Bonete or Gabriel Terra Reservoir, and the Baygorria and Constitucion dams.
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is on the Uruguay River and it is shared between Uruguay and Argentina. Also on the Uruguay River but in Brazilian territory is the
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between 43 and 67 degrees west. The Paraná River, La Plata's largest tributary, is South America's second longest river and
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There are several hydroelectric dams operating in the basin, among them the third largest operating facility in the world,
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had 87 scholarly articles that used "River Plate basin" vs. 34 that used "Rïo de la Plata basin", accessed 27 June 2017.
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During the colonial era because of the lack of precious metals, the Platine basin was largely neglected by the
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Raúl A. Guerrero; et al. (June 1997). "Physical oceanography of the Río de la Plata Estuary, Argentina".
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near today's Asunción, and these objects gave rise to the name Río de la Plata, "river of silver".
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The precipitation falling within this area is collected by numerous rivers to finally reach the
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systems. The rivers of the La Plata Basin carry an estimated 57,000,000 cubic metres (2.0
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Map of the Río de la Plata basin in South America, with major cities and rivers marked
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shared between Paraguay and Argentina, also on the Paraná; and the 53rd, the
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The Río de la Plata Basin has been the site of much conflict in the modern
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hydroelectric power plants. On the Pelotas river in Brazil, it is the
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v. 1. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 268–272.
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The first European colony in the Platine region was the city of
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until the XVIII century when Portugal, after the founding of
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Latin America's Wars: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791–1899
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The southern Platine region viewed from space, with the
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Varis, Olli; Cecilia Tortajada; Biswas, Asit K. 2008.
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wetland, after which its main tributaries include the
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South American drainage basins of the Atlantic Ocean
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Basin
The southern Platine region viewed from space, with the Río de la Plata at the lower-right
Río de la Plata
Map of the Río de la Plata basin in South America, with major cities and rivers marked
32°15′S 59°30′W / 32.250°S 59.500°W / -32.250; -59.500
South America
Río de la Plata
Paraná River
Uruguay River
Paraguay River
Spanish
Portuguese
hydrographical
South America
Río de la Plata
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
Argentina
drainage basin
Amazon basin
Paraná River
Paraguay River
Uruguay River
Brazilian Highlands
Andes Mountains
Patagonia
Brasília
Cuiabá

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