Arroyo de las Vacas

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Arroyo de las Vacas
Data
location South America , Uruguay
River system Río de la Plata
Drain over Río de la Plata  → Atlantic
source Cuchilla de Carmelo
Source height 100  m
muzzle in the Río de la Plata in Carmelo Coordinates: 34 ° 0 ′ 23 "  S , 58 ° 17 ′ 59"  W 34 ° 0 ′ 23 "  S , 58 ° 17 ′ 59"  W.

length 50 km
Catchment area 700 km²
Left tributaries de las Pajas Blancas, de Castro, Pantanosa, Arroyo Sarandí , Arroyo Molles , Berreta, Valenzuela, Venezuela, de Nieto, Arroyo Juan González Grande
Right tributaries de Zabala, de Angelina, Cervantes, NN, NN, del Sauce, Arroyo Curupí
Navigable partly (10 km from the mouth upstream)

The Arroyo de las Vacas is a small river located in the area of ​​the Colonia department in southern Uruguay .

The left tributary of the Río de la Plata rises in the Cuchilla de Carmelo near the intersection of Ruta 12 and Ruta 55 and flows mainly in an east-west direction on its almost 50 kilometers long route. It is surrounded by natural forest in its very winding course. Its main tributaries are the Arroyo Juan González Grande and the Cañada Nieto . The river is navigable on the last ten kilometers of its route to the confluence with the Río de la Plata near the city of Carmelo . The size of its catchment area is just over 700 km².

The area at the Arroyo de Vacas plays an important role in the expansion of the cattle population in the Uruguayan pampas. In 1603, Hernando Arias de Saavedra had abandoned hundreds of cows and bulls as well as horses and sheep in smaller numbers there, accompanying a campaign directed against the Charrúa , so that from here the population increased throughout the country.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the website of the natural science faculty of the Universidad de la República .
  2. ↑ http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/departamental/a0h_colonia.pdf Map showing the course of the river on the website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
  3. ^ The La Plata countries by Herbert Wilhelmy and Wilhelm Rohmeder , p. 187