The Desaguadero River is the general name of a river in western Argentina that receives a number of different names on its path of 1,515 kilometres, being its most important section named that way. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

Spring

Its water spring is located in the Andes around coordinates 27°47′18″S, 68°36′17″W, at 5,500 meters of height, on the southern slope of the Bonete mountain, at the north of the La Rioja Province, near the limit with the Catamarca Province. The Andes between Chile and Argentina Computer generated image of the Andes, made from a digital elevation model with a resolution of 30 arcseconds The Andes is a vast mountain range forming a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is, located in the west of the country. ... Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ...

In La Rioja it consecutively receives the names of Río de Oro, Río Bonete and Jagüé, though its mainly known as either Vinchina or Bermejo, creating sometimes confusion with the Bermejo River located farther north. The Bermejo River is a river in South America that travels a total of 1450 km from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. ...

Cuyo

The river continues with direction south-southeast to later cross the east of the San Juan Province, were it receives the waters of tributaries Jáchal River and San Juan River (that one itself feed by the Mendoza River. As it gets closer to the provinces of Mendoza and San Luis, it reaches an deepening where it created the Lagunas de Guanacache lagoons, currently almost dried. Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Mendoza is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ...

Leaving the lagoon areas it receives the name of Desaguadero ("outlet") and becomes the natural limit between the Mendoza and San Luis provinces. From Mendoza it receives the tributaries Tunuyán, Diamante and Guandacol before reaching the parallel 36oS to then enter the La Pampa Province. Short after it receives from the west the tributary Atuel River; the overflows of both rivers in that area form the Bañados del Atuel. La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the centre of the country. ...

La Pampa

From these wetlands and down to the Urre Lauquén and La Salada lagoons, it receives the name of Chadileuvú or Chadileo words in Mapuche that mean "Salty River" (Río Salado), another of the names it receives. A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Mapudungun (mapu means earth and dungun means to speak) (also Mapudungu, Araucano, Araukano, Mapuche, Araucanian) is a language isolate spoken in central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche (mapu is earth and che means people) people. ...

After Urre Lauquén it acquires yet another name Curacó ("Stone Water"), finishing at the Colorado River near coordinates 38°50′07″S, 64°58′47″W. The Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado) is a river in the south of Argentina. ...

Basin of the Desaguadero

The entire Desaguadero and its tributaries conform what is known as the Basin of the Desaguadero, located over a tectonic flaw that separates the west with the Sierras Pampeanas. The basin consists of around 260,000 km2, covering the Cuyo region almost completely, and the north of the La Pampa Province. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Cuyo screenshot of the level The Four Seasons (click image for details) Cuyo is a Tetris_style puzzle game for up to two players. ...

Being its tributaries mainly ice-thaw fed rivers form the Andes, the current of the Desaguadero is strongest at early summer. The section that separates Mendoza from San Luis is contained by 6 to 8 meters high ravines with a maximum width of over 50 meters, but due to the deviation of its waters for irrigation channels in the provinces of San Juan, Mendoza and San Luis, the section called Curacó has currently an extremely low level, providing practically no water to the Colorado. The Andes between Chile and Argentina Computer generated image of the Andes, made from a digital elevation model with a resolution of 30 arcseconds The Andes is a vast mountain range forming a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ...