Solís Grande Creek is a

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

, crossing

Lavalleja Lavalleja (; ) is a Departments of Uruguay, department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas, Uruguay, Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres Department, Treinta y Tres to the ea ...

, Canelones and

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s. It flows into the

Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (; ), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...

, between the seaside resorts of Jaureguiberry and Solís. Contrary to what is popularly believed, it is not called Solís by the Spanish explorer

Juan Díaz de Solís Juan Díaz de Solís ( – 20 January 1516) was a 16th-century navigator and explorer. He is also said to be the first European to land on what is now modern day Uruguay. Biography His origins are disputed. One document records him as a Portugues ...

, but by a man named Solís whose lands were between two rivers, today known as Arroyo Solís Grande and Arroyo Solís Chico.

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Rivers of Uruguay Rivers of Canelones Department Rivers of Maldonado Department Rivers of Lavalleja Department {{Uruguay-river-stub

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