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| Colorado River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Colorado_jogi.jpg) Lower part of Colorado River | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Colorado_River_Argentina_basin_map.png) Map of the Colorado River–Río Desaguadero (or Salado River) drainage basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Andes |
| • location | Eastern Andes Slope, Argentina |
| • coordinates | 36°09′02″S 70°23′47″W / 36.15056°S 70.39639°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,186 m (7,172 ft) |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• location | Argentina |
• coordinates | 39°42′54.39″S 62°7′52.43″W / 39.7151083°S 62.1312306°W[2] |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,000 km (620 mi)[3] |
| Basin size | 294,076 km2 (113,543 sq mi)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 130 m3/s (4,600 cu ft/s)[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Río Desaguadero |
The Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o koloˈɾaðo]) is a river in the center of Argentina.
The Colorado River marks most of the political boundary between the Argentine provinces of Neuquén and Mendoza, and between Rio Negro and La Pampa. Its man-made dam, "Embalse Casa de Piedra," serves both to generate hydroelectricity for the arid region the river traverses, and to regulate the river's water level.
- ^ "Colorado River (Argentina)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Colorado River (Argentina)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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