Río Aguapey

Río Aguapey
Data
location	Argentina , Corrientes
River system	Río de la Plata
Drain over	Uruguay  → La Plata  → Atlantic
source	at San Carlos
Source height	approx.  120  m
muzzle	Río Uruguay near Alvear Coordinates: 29 ° 6 ′ 39 ″  S , 56 ° 35 ′ 6 ″  W 29 ° 6 ′ 39 ″  S , 56 ° 35 ′ 6 ″  W.
Mouth height	approx.  44  m
Height difference	approx. 76 m
Bottom slope	approx. 0.25 ‰
length	310 km
Catchment area	8106 km²
Drain	MQ	83.6 m³ / s

The Río Aguapey is a right tributary of the Río Uruguay and about 310 km long. It rises in the swamps near San Carlos in the Ituzaingó department in northeast Argentina . At the beginning, the many drainage canals around San Carlos feed the Río Aguapey. Then its course leads in a north-westerly direction. About four kilometers south of the Argentine highway Ruta Nacional 12 , the river makes a wide arc and begins to flow south. West of Alvear it finally flows into the Río Uruguay.

The Río Aguapey runs through swampy pastures for most of the time. The bank vegetation is partially completely destroyed or only a few meters wide. However, the natural course of the river is hardly affected along its entire length.