![Río santa lucía](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/R%C3%ADo_santa_luc%C3%ADa.jpg)
The Santa Lucía River ( es, Río Santa Lucía
) is a river in
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 ...
.
Course
The headwaters of the Santa Lucía River are in the
Lavalleja
Lavalleja () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres to the east with Rocha, to the south with Canelones and Maldonado, and to ...
department. For a large part of its course it forms the limit between the departments of
Florida
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and
San José on one bank and
Canelones and
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
on the other. Its outlet is the
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata (, "river of silver"), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and fo ...
, forming a small delta, in which
Tiger Island
El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras. It belongs to Valle department. Together ...
is located.
Significance as a watercourse
It is the principal watercourse of southern
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 is the primary source of drinking water for
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
and other localities in the south of the country.
See also
*
Geography of Uruguay#Topography and hydrography
References
External links
Rivers of Uruguay
Río de la Plata
Rivers of Montevideo Department
Rivers of San José Department
Rivers of Canelones Department
Rivers of Florida Department
Rivers of Lavalleja Department
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