The Cuarto River (, 'Fourth River'), also known as the Saladillo River, is a river of

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 ...

which crosses the southern part of the Province of

Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cord ...

, and merges with the

Tercero River The Tercero River (, 'Third River'), also known as Ctalamochita, is the river in Córdoba Province of Argentina. It originates in the Sierras de Córdoba near Cerro Champaquí and Calamuchita Valley, in an area of annual precipitation of betwe ...

to form the

Carcarañá River The Carcarañá River ( Spanish, Arroyo Saladillo or Río Saladillo) is a river in Argentina. It begins at the confluence of the Río Tercero and the Saladillo River (the lower course of the Río Cuarto) in the south-east of the province of Có ...

(a tributary of the

Paraná River The Paraná River ( ; ; ) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. ...

via the Coronda River). The Cuarto River is also known as ''Cochancharava'', the name given to it by the

Ranquel The Ranquel or Rankülche are an indigenous tribe from the northern part of La Pampa Province, Argentina, in South America.Tapia, Alicia Haydée"Archaeological Perspectives on the Ranquel Chiefdoms in the North of the Dry Pampas, in the Eighteent ...

Indians. The name Saladillo is generally used for the lower course, below the ''Bañado del Río Saladillo'' wetland.

References

Rivers of Argentina Rivers of Córdoba Province, Argentina Tributaries of the Paraná River {{Argentina-river-stub

See also

References