The Gualeguay River (Spanish RÃo Gualeguay) is one of the major rivers of the
Mesopotamic province
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of
Entre RÃos,
Argentina
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. Its source is in the north of the province, in the region between the cities of
Federación and
San José de Feliciano, and
meander
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s in a general south-southwestward direction across the center of the province for about , receiving a large number of
tributary
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streams. It passes by the cities of
Villaguay,
Rosario del Tala, and
Gualeguay, and finally empties into the RÃo Paraná Ibicuy, a
distributary
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of the
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, RÃo Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...
in the
Paraná Delta.
The Gualeguay's
drainage basin
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covers an area of (about one third of the total area of the province), along a depressed area between the systems of low hills of the west (Cuchilla de Montiel) and east (Cuchilla Grande) of Entre RÃos. Measurements taken in 1964–1968 place its average
discharge
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at .
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
* Turismo Entre RÃos
GeografÃa, relieve y lÃmites de Entre RÃos
* SecretarÃa de MinerÃa de la Nación
Provincia de Entre RÃos - Recursos hÃdricos.
CUENCAS HIDRICAS SUPERFICIALES DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.
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Rivers of Argentina
Rivers of Entre RÃos Province
Tributaries of the Paraná River