Río Rosario
| Río Rosario | ||
 Río Rosario |
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| Data | ||
| location | South America , Uruguay | |
| River system | Río de la Plata | |
| Drain over | Río de la Plata → Atlantic | |
| source | in the Cuchilla Grande Inferior | |
| muzzle | in the Río de la Plata coordinates: 34 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 21 ′ 3 ″ W 34 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 21 ′ 3 ″ W.
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| length | 80 km | |
| Catchment area | 1745 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Molles, Arroyo del Medio , Arroyo de la Horqueta , Arroyo de la Quinta , Arroyo Rosario Chico , NN, Sarandí, NN, NN, Arroyo Sarandí Grande , Rama Negra | |
| Right tributaries | del Molino, Laureles, Sauce, Fea, Arroyo Pichinango , Arroyo de los Membrillos , Arroyo Navarro , Tajamar, Arroyo Colla , Arroyo Cufré | |
The Río Rosario is a river located in the department of Colonia in southern Uruguay .
The left tributary of the Río de la Plata , into which it flows after about 80 km from north to south, rises in the Cuchilla Grande Inferior near the border with the departments of San José , Flores and Soriano a few kilometers southeast of Florencio Sánchez . From there it flows first in a southerly direction, then in the middle section in a south-westerly direction and in the lower reaches again in a southerly direction. It passes Cufré a few kilometers to the west and touches the city of Nueva Helvecia to the north. Then he paves his way between the western and eastern Rosario and La Paz . It finally flows into the Río de la Plata as a left tributary west of Blanca Arena and east of Juan Lacaze . The size of its catchment area is 1,745 km². Its main tributary is the Arroyo Colla .
Individual evidence
- ^ Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay
- ↑ Map showing the course of the river. (No longer available online.) In: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 29, 2018 . 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.
