The Pardo River (
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, ''Rio Pardo''
) is a river of
Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern
Brazil
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. It is a tributary of the
Paraná River, which it enters in the reservoir of
Sérgio Motta Dam
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.
See also
*
List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul
*
Tributaries of the Río de la Plata
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References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul
Tributaries of the Paraná River
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