Arroyo de la Virgen
| Arroyo de la Virgen | ||
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| location | South America , Uruguay | |
| River system | Río de la Plata | |
| Drain over | Santa Lucía → La Plata → Atlantic | |
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Cuchilla del Pintado 33 ° 57 ′ 51 ″ S , 56 ° 26 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | in the Río Santa Lucía coordinates: 34 ° 25 ′ 35 " S , 56 ° 23 ′ 32" W 34 ° 25 ′ 35 " S , 56 ° 23 ′ 32" W.
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The Arroyo de la Virgen is a river in Uruguay .
The approximately 50 kilometers long Arroyo de la Virgen rises in the western foothills of the Cuchilla del Pintado . It runs from north to south and flows in the area of the Department of Florida and San José , serving as a border line. It flows into the Río Santa Lucía at the Paso de Juan Chazo as a right-hand tributary . At Paso de Juan Chazo is the iron bridge called Puente de Juan Chazo on the Ferrocarril Central railway line. At least at the beginning of the 20th century, the Arroyo de la Virgen had forest on both banks. The name of the river is due to the fact that at the end of the 18th century a sanctuary for the "Nuestra Señora de Luján" (Our Lady of Luján) was built on the upper reaches.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Course of the river on the website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on April 23, 2014 (PDF)
- ↑ Orestes Araújo : "Diccionario geográfico del Uruguay", Montevideo, 2nd edition 1912, p. 512
- ↑ Orestes Araújo : "Diccionario geográfico del Uruguay", Montevideo, 2nd edition 1912, p. 248
- ↑ Orestes Araújo : "Diccionario geográfico del Uruguay", Montevideo, 2nd edition 1912, p. 512