The Chico River is a river, about long, flowing from
RÃo Negro into
Chubut Province
Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with RÃo Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes rang ...
,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. Originating in the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
foothills, it joins the
Chubut River to the south of
Cushamen.
This river is not to be confused with the much longer
Chico River joining the Chubut at
Florentino Ameghino Dam.
See also
*
List of rivers of Argentina
This is a list of rivers of Argentina.
Longest Rivers
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers in the table above are in bold.
La Plata Basin
* RÃ ...
References
* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
GEOnet Names Server
Rivers of Argentina
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