Arroyo de las Tunas (Arapey River)

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Arroyo de las Tunas

Data
location South America , Uruguay
River system Río de la Plata
Drain over Arapey  → Uruguay  → La Plata  → Atlantic
source in the Cuchilla de Salto
31 ° 24 ′ 58 ″  S , 57 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  W Coordinates: 31 ° 24 ′ 58 ″  S , 57 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  W
muzzle at the Paso de las Piedras in the Río Arapey

Left tributaries NN, de los Cerrillos, de los Zorros, Caraguatá
Right tributaries del Tigre

The Arroyo de las Tunas is a river in Uruguay .

It rises in the area of ​​the Salto Department in the Cuchilla de Salto west of the Cerro Tres Cerros or northwest of the source of the Arroyo Valentín Chico . From there it runs in a northerly direction, crosses under Ruta 31 and passes both Cerro Chato and, a few kilometers before its mouth, Cerro de la Glorieta to the west. In the further course he meets with the Arroyo Valentín Chico. It finally flows into the Río Arapey as a left tributary at the Paso de las Piedras .

Individual evidence

  1. Orestes Araújo : "Diccionario geográfico del Uruguay", Montevideo, 2nd edition 1912, p. 489
  2. Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Map showing the course of the river on the website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gub.uy