Arroyo Porongos

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Arroyo Porongos
Data
location Uruguay
River system Río de la Plata
Drain over Río Yí  → Río Negro  → Río Uruguay  → Río de la Plata  → Atlantic
source in the Cuchilla Grande Inferior southwest of Cerro Colorado
muzzle in the Río Yí coordinates: 33 ° 15 ′ 50 ″  S , 56 ° 51 ′ 13 ″  W 33 ° 15 ′ 50 ″  S , 56 ° 51 ′ 13 ″  W.

length 67 km
Left tributaries de las Pajas, Pantanosa, Arroyo del Sarandí , del Paraso, de la Pedrera, Arroyo Viraró , de las Piedras, de la Laguna, del Sauce, Sarandizal, de los Chanchos, del Sauce, Arroyo Sarandí
Right tributaries Arroyo del Tala , NN, NN, de Modesto, NN (de los Camoatíes or de la Pierna de Palo), NN, Arroyo del Pedregal , de la Zanja Honda, de Valdéz

The Arroyo Porongos is a river in the southern center of Uruguay .

The 67 km long river in the northeast of the Flores department rises immediately southwest of Cerro Colorado and a few kilometers south of the city of Trinidad in the Cuchilla Grande Inferior . From there it runs mainly from south to north, already under the Ruta 3 in the upper reaches near the source and finally flows into the Río Yí .

He is the namesake for the Uruguayan football club Porongos .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Course of the river on the website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay ( Memento of the original of November 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 553 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gub.uy