The Primero River ( es, Río Primero, 'First River'), also known as Suquía (the name used by the Comechingones, the indigenous people), runs through the city of

Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province a ...

. The

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of the Primero (mainly the San Roque and Cosquín rivers) flow into the San Roque Reservoir; from there, the Primero goes east into the plains surrounding the city of Córdoba. Once inside the city, the river channels into '' La Cañada'', a waterway delineated by a stonework canal built through the downtown area, and inaugurated in 1944. About to the east, ''Isla de los Patos'' (Ducks Island) was repopulated with ducks and swans in the 1980s. During the crisis years of 1988–91 and 2001–02, the duck population was devastated, allegedly by people desperately looking for food. It was reported in March 2006 that a large number of ducks had died due to unspecified causes. Pollution by chemical waste is suspected as the cause, but

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is also being investigated as a possible cause. Beyond the city limits, the river flows towards the Algarrobos swamp and ends its course on the southern coast of the Mar Chiquita (or Mar de Ansenuza)

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. All in all, the river has a length of approximately and carries, on average, , with a minimum of and a maximum of , with a peak during the summer months.Ramsar
/ref> Pollution of the water and of the riverbank is a major environmental issue in Córdoba. Periodic cleaning operations are carried out to increase the quality of the water and to preserve the viability of

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, both in the San Roque reservoir area and downstream.

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Detail of all inflows into Lake Ansenuza
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