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Urugua-í River

Coordinates: 25°53′56″S 54°36′48″W / 25.898808°S 54.613217°W / -25.898808; -54.613217
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Urugua-í River
Lake Urugua-í, formed by the dam
Urugua-í River is located in Brazil
Urugua-í River
Native nameArroyo Urugua-í (Spanish)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones
Mouth 
 • coordinates
25°53′56″S 54°36′48″W / 25.898808°S 54.613217°W / -25.898808; -54.613217
Basin features
River systemParaná River

The Urugua-í River (Spanish: Arroyo Urugua-í) is a river in the Misiones Province of Argentina. It is a tributary of the Paraná River.

Course

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The Urugua-í River, also called the Marambas or Grande River, has a length of about 100 kilometres (62 mi), including the reservoir formed by the Urugua-í Dam. Tributaries include the Sarita River, Arroyo de las Cabeceras and Uruzú River.[1] The Urugua-í River flows through the southern part of the Urugua-í Provincial Park in a southeast – northwest direction and is impounded by the Urugua-í Dam to the west of the park.[2] The park was created in part to compensate for the flooding of 8,800 hectares (22,000 acres) of the lower Urugua-í River basin caused by construction of the dam.[3]

See also

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References

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Sources

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  • "Parque Provincial Urugua-í (AICA)", Ruta de la Selva (in Spanish), retrieved 2016-11-08
  • Parque Provincial URUGUA-I (in Spanish), SIFAP • Sistema Federal de Áreas Protegidas, archived from the original on 2016-03-07, retrieved 2016-11-09
  • Rodriguez, Gabriel O., "Yaboty: Hidrografía", Patrimonionatural.com (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-11-09