The RÃo de Oro is a river of
Chaco Province
Chaco (; Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( es, provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country.
It is borde ...
,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. It is a tributary of the
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River (RÃo Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters i ...
, which is debouches into near
Humaitá
Humaitá is a town and ''distrito'' on the Paraguay River in southern Paraguay. During the Paraguayan War, it served as the main Paraguayan stronghold from 1866 until its fall in August 1868. During that time, it housed as many as 24,000 troops. ...
,
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
.
See also
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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
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References
* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
External links
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Rivers of Chaco Province
Rivers of Argentina
Tributaries of the Paraguay River
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