The Gualeguaychú River (
Spanish
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, Río Gualeguaychú
) is a river in the
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Entre Ríos,
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
. It starts in the center-east of the province, within the
Colón Department, and flows south, passing by the city of
Gualeguaychú and then emptying into the
Uruguay River
The Uruguay River ( ; ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countr ...
. Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
has an area of .
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CUENCAS HIDRICAS SUPERFICIALES DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
Rivers of Argentina
Rivers of Entre Ríos Province
Tributaries of the Uruguay River
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