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A satellite view of the estuary

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Another satellite view of the estuary

The River Plate ( This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish: Río de la Plata) is the Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea and within which sea water mixes with fresh water... estuary formed from the combination of the The Uruguay River (Spanish: Rio Uruguay) is a river in South America. The river flows from North to South and makes boundary with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. It forms, with the Parana River, the River Plate estuary. The Rio Uruguay is navigable from around Salto Chico. Its name comes, as... Uruguay River and the This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. The Paraná River is a river in South America. It is born from the confluence of two Brazilian rivers: the Grande and Paranaíba, at approximately 20° South and 51° West. From its... Parana River. It is a funnel-shaped indentation on the southern coast of South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama... South America, 290 km (180 miles) long. Where the rivers join it is 48 km (30 miles) wide, increasing to 220 km (136 miles) wide where it opens on the The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The oceans name, derived from Greek mythology, means the Sea of Atlas. This ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending in a north-south direction and is divided into the North Atlantic... Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the border between Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast and Chile in the west. The country is formally named Rep... Argentina and The Republic Eastern of the Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a Spanish speaking country located in southern South America. The nation is triangular in shape and is bordered by Brazil to the north, the Uruguay River to the west, the estuary of the Rio de la Plata... Uruguay, with the major ports of Buenos Aires (Good Winds in Spanish, but more akin to Fair Winds, as in navigation) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. The city proper has a population of 2,776,234 according to the... Buenos Aires in the southwest and This article is about the capital of Uruguay. There is also Montevideo, Minnesota, in the United States of America. Montevideo is the capital, chief port and largest city in Uruguay (population 1.8 million out of a total 3.43 million in Uruguay as of 2004 [1]). Independence Plaza, Montevideo... Montevideo in the northeast.

An estimated 57 million m³ (2 billion cubic feet) of silt is carried into the estuary each year, where the muddy waters are stirred up by winds and tides. The shipping route from the Atlantic to Buenos Aires is kept open by constant A dredge is a small waterborne craft used to remove sediment from the bottoms of rivers and harbors. Dredges are mainly used for landscape control of manmade harbors as well as trash and debris control. In some police departments dredges are used for underwater location of murder victims or those... dredging.

The river was first sighted by Spanish seaman Juan Díaz de Solís, (Lebrija, Seville, 1470 - Rio de la Plata, 1516), Spanish navigator and explorer. He was navigator on expeditions to the Yucatan in 1506 and Brazil in 1508 with Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. He becoming pilot-major in 1512 following... Juan Díaz de Solís in Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. August 13 - Treaty of Noyon - Peace between France and Spain. Francis recognizes Charles... 1516.

The English name "River Plate" is a corruption of the Spanish Río de la Plata, meaning "Silver River", referring not to colour but to the riches thought to lie upstream.

The River Plate is also a habitat for the rare Binomial name Pontoporia blainvillei La Plata Dolphin range The La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) is found in coastal Atlantic waters of southeastern South America. Taxonomically it is a member of the river dolphin group and the only one that actually lives in the ocean and saltwater estuaries, rather than freshwater... La Plata Dolphin.

The Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... Second World War naval engagement the The Battle of the River Plate (13 December 1939) was the first major naval battle of World War II. The German pocket battleship (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee which had sunk several merchant ships was engaged by three Royal Navy cruisers, ultimately leading to the Graf Spee entering neutral Montevideo... Battle of the River Plate occurred several miles off the coast of the estuary. The Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship (Panzerschiff, later changed to heavy cruiser) launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee. Although Admiral Graf Spee is often called Graf Spee for short, it must not be confused with the uncompleted World... German battleship Admiral Graf Spee put into port and later scuttled herself in the estuary.

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