List Of Rivers Of Mendoza Province
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List Of Rivers Of Mendoza Province
This is a list of rivers that are part of the Mendoza Province of Argentina. All rivers born on the area of the Andes range, except the Desaguadero River mainly located in the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza in the Argentine region called Cuyo. Rivers by alphabetical order *Atuel River *Barrancas River * Blanco River * Chico River * Cobre River *Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ... * De las Vacas River *Desaguadero River (also known as Salado River in the southern zone) *Diamante River *Rio Grande (Argentina), Grande River *Horcones River *Las Cuevas River *Las Tunas River *Malargüe River *Mendoza River *Montañez River *Pabellón River *Picheuta River *Potimalal River *Relinchos River *San Carlos River (Argentina), San Carlos River *Tor ...
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as Stream#Creek, creek, Stream#Brook, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to Geographical feature, geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "Burn (landform), burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation through a ...
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Diamante River
The Diamante River is a river in the Argentine province of Mendoza. It is born from glaciers on the Maipo, a volcano in the Andes range in the Argentine–Chilean border, and flows east until emptying in the Desaguadero River. Its drainage basin covers an area of in the central region of Mendoza. Course The Diamante is fed by ice-thaw-fed streams that flow into its source, the Diamante Lake. It has an average flow of , with its maximum during the spring and summer; the October–March period accounts for 70 percent of the annual water volume. The upper course of the river turns south and then back north, and becomes entrenched within the deep, narrow Agua del Toro Canyon, where it is dammed to produce hydroelectricity by the Agua del Toro Dam, at about 69° W, and a few kilometres later by the Los Reyunos Dam. Together these two power stations generate 500 MW. Upon reaching the plain, the Diamante loses part of its volume through infiltration and evaporation. It t ...
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San Carlos River (Argentina)
San Carlos River may refer to: * San Carlos River (Argentina), a river of Mendoza Province * San Carlos River (Costa Rica) * San Carlos River (Falkland Islands) * San Carlos River (Panama), a river of Panama * San Carlos River (Paraguay) * San Carlos River (United States) * San Carlos River (Venezuela), a river of Venezuela See also *San Carlos Water San Carlos Water is a bay/fjord on the west coast of East Falkland, facing onto the Falkland Sound. Name Despite its Spanish-sounding name, there is a wide discrepancy with the Spanish usage, for in Spanish "Estrecho de San Carlos" refers to ...
, a bay in the Falkland Islands {{geodab ...
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Picheuta River
The action of Picheuta was a military engagement that took place on January 24, 1817, during the Crossing of the Andes. The column led by Juan Gregorio de las Heras was still crossing the mountain range, being 50 kilometers away from the Uspallata Pass. A royalist task force led by Miguel Marquelli, composed of three officials and fifty soldiers, surprised the patriots at Picheuta, which was defended by five soldiers, many privates and a corporal from the battalion Nº 11. Marquelli had orders to cross the Uspallata on a reconnaissance mission. The royalists surprised the patriots with an attack from the left flank. Half the forces of Las Heras was captured and taken prisoners, and the others fled to warn the bulk of the Army of the Andes The Army of the Andes ( es, Ejército de los Andes) was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Argentina) and mustered by general José de San Martín in his campaign to free Chile from the Spanish Empire. ...
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Pabellón River
Pabellón or Pabellon may refer to: Places: *Pabellón de Arteaga, city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes *Pabellón de Arteaga (municipality), municipality in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes * Pabellon Island, the southernmost of two islands in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago Food: * Pabellón criollo, traditional Venezuelan dish, the local version of the rice and beans combination found throughout the Caribbean Sports arenas: *Pabellón Ciudad de Algeciras, arena in Algeciras, Spain *Pabellón Menorca, arena in Menorca in the area of Binitaufa, Mahón, Spain *Pabellón Multiusos Fontes Do Sar, multi-purpose sports arena in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain * Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla, 5000-seat arena in Bilbao, Spain, primarily used for basketball *Pabellón Municipal Rafael Florido, arena in Almería, Spain *Pabellón Polideportivo Artaleku, arena in Irun, Spain *Pabellón Polideportivo Ipurua, arena in Eibar, Spain *Pabellón Polideporti ...
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Montañez River
Montañez is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Montañez (born 1942), Puerto Rican singer and songwriter *Beatriz Montañez (born 1977), Spanish TV presenter and actress *Cindy Montañez (born 1974), American politician *Lou Montañez (born 1981), Puerto Rican baseball player *Pedro Montañez (1914–1996), Puerto Rican boxer *Polo Montañez (1955–2002), Cuban singer and songwriter *Raphael Montañez Ortiz (born 1934), American artist and educator *Richard Montañez (born c. 1958), American businessman, motivational speaker and author * Virginia Montanez, American writer, essayist, author and columnist *Willie Montañez Guillermo Montañez Naranjo (born April 1, 1948) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the California Angels (), Philadelphia Phillies (–, ), San Francisco Giants (–), A ... (born 1948), Puerto Rican baseball player {{surname Spanish-language surname ...
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Mendoza River
The Mendoza River is a river in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.Argentina Turística - Mendoza - Circuitos Turísticos
It is formed in the range between the and the , by the confluence of the , the Cuevas and ...
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Malargüe River
The Malargüe River (in Spanish: ''Río Malargüe'') is a river located in the southern zone of the Mendoza Province, in the west of Argentina. It originates in the Malargüe lake in the Andes range, at 2,500 m above mean sea level, flows into the Malargüe Department and ends in the Llancanelo Lake, being its main tributary. The river is part of the Llancanelo basin, which has an area of 10,602 km² and is located at . Its flow increases in the summer (29.00 m³/s), when the ice begins to melt, and decreases in the winter (6.31 m³/s). Near the city of Malargüe, it is contained by the Blas Brisoli Dam, which derives water for irrigation. Trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salmoni ... can be found in this river and there is a trout hatchery co-located with the dam. ...
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