Río Salado (Argentina)
Río Salado | ||
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location | Argentina | |
River system | Río Paraná | |
Drain over | Rio Paraná → Río de la Plata | |
origin | Confluence of the Río Toro and Río Guachipas near Salta in the Andes | |
muzzle | at Santa Fe in the Río Paraná coordinates: 31 ° 40 ′ 31 ″ S , 60 ° 44 ′ 10 ″ W 31 ° 40 ′ 31 ″ S , 60 ° 44 ′ 10 ″ W.
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length | 2011 km | |
Satellite image of Santa Fes with the dark colored salado in the left half of the image |
The Río Salado , also Río Salado del Norte or Juramento, is a river in the north of Argentina .
The 2,011 km long Río Salado has its source near Salta in the Andes and flows in a southeastern direction until it joins the Paraná at Santa Fe . The river is created by the union of the Río Toro and Río Guachipas and flows through an area that is used for mining and cattle breeding.
See also: List of the longest rivers on earth
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- Rio Salado . In Meyer's Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 17. Leipzig 1909, p. 8
- Rio Salado in the Columbia Encyclopedia