Río Tercero (other)
Río Tercero may refer to: * Tercero River * Río Tercero, Córdoba Río Tercero is a city located on the center of the country, more specifically on the Tercero River in the Tercero Arriba Department of Córdoba Province (Argentina). Notable residents * Juan Fernandez, college basketball player with the Temple ...

Tercero River
The Tercero River ( es, Río Tercero, 'Third River'), also known as Ctalamochita, is the river in Córdoba Province of Argentina. It originates in the Sierras de Córdoba near Cerro Champaquí and Calamuchita Valley, in an area of annual precipitation of between . Leaving the valley, it reaches the plains where four dams have been constructed, called Cerro Pelado Dam, Arroyo Corto Dam, Embalse Río Tercero — with built in 1936 — and Piedras Moras, which serve as flow regulators and produce hydroelectricity. The reservoirs created by the dams are also used for tourism and recreation, including water sports and fishing. It has a water flow of , and flows before reaching the Carcarañá River. The river navigable for small- to medium-sized boats as it flows through the plains. It flows eastward into the Humid Pampas, which has an average rainfall of per year. It joins the Saladillo River (also called the Cuarto River) to form the Carcarañá River, a tributary of the P ...
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