The Segundo River ( es, Río Segundo, 'Second River'), also known as Xanaes, is a river in the center-north of the

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of Córdoba,

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. It is born in the Paravachasca Valley at the confluence of the Los Molinos and Anizacate rivers, on the eastern slopes of the Cumbres de Achala (Sierras Grandes), about

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. It flows west–east and its course forms a

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at the Los Molinos Dam (at ), which is employed to generate

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. It then flows to the northeast and divides into two main arms, which empty in the Mar Chiquita salt lake, from its origin. The average inflow is . Together with the Primero River (Suquía) and the Dulce River, it forms part of the basin of Central Argentina. On its path are located the following cities: Río Segundo, Pilar, Villa del Rosario, Tránsito, Arroyito,

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, Balnearia and

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. The alternative name of ''Xanaes'' is said to have its origin in the

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n language of the Comechingones, and has been almost lost until the 1980s, when Xanaes was started being used in maps, perhaps to attract tourism with a more ''exotic'' name, but the population of the area continues to use the denomination ''Segundo''.

References

Hydrography of Córdoba
* ''Río Segundo'' in the

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. Rivers of Argentina Rivers of Córdoba Province, Argentina {{Argentina-river-stub