The Arapey Grande River is a river in the

Salto Department Salto Department () is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 124,878. Its capital is the city of Salto. It borders Artigas Department to its north, Paysandú Department to its south, the depar ...

of northwestern

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. It flows from the northeast of department, with its headwaters near the border with Rivera Department, in a western direction and discharges in the Uruguay River. Its length is about . All of its tributaries are streams within Salto department, with its main tributaries streams being Arroyo Sarandí del Arapey, Arroyo Cambara, Arroyo Mataojo Chico, Arroyo Mataojo Grande, Arroyo del Sauce, Arroyo Valentín Grande and the

Arapey Chico River The Arapey Chico River is a river of Uruguay. Dividing Artigas and Salto Departments, it flows into the Arapey Grande River. See also *List of rivers of Uruguay This is a list of rivers in Uruguay. This list is arranged by drainage basin, wit ...

, which forms part of the border with Artigas Department and has some tributaries from that department.

References

*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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