Arroyo de Caballero

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Arroyo de Caballero
Data
location Uruguay
River system Río de la Plata
Drain over Río Yí  → Río Negro  → Río Uruguay  → Río de la Plata  → Atlantic
muzzle in the Río Yí coordinates: 33 ° 16 ′ 15 ″  S , 56 ° 43 ′ 30 ″  W 33 ° 16 ′ 15 ″  S , 56 ° 43 ′ 30 ″  W.

The Arroyo de Caballero is a river in Uruguay .

It rises in the west of the Durazno department on the southern slope of the Cuchilla Grande del Durazno . From there it runs first in a westerly, then in a south-westerly direction. It has numerous tributaries on both sides, with the most important tributaries being on the left. These include the Arroyuelo del Sarandí and the Cañada del Abrojal . The Arroyo de Caballero, the area around the lower reaches of the beginning of the 20th century, was dense with deciduous trees and finally flows into the Río Yí as a right tributary . From its confluence with the Río Negro , it is the eighth tributary of the Río Yí.

Individual evidence

  1. Orestes Araújo : "Diccionario geográfico del Uruguay", Montevideo, 2nd edition 1912, p. 74
  2. Course of the river on the website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay (PDF file; 641 kB)