Colorado River (Argentina)
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For other rivers named Colorado, see Colorado River (disambiguation).
The Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o koloˈɾaðo]) is a river in the center of Argentina.
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Colorado River | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Andes |
• location | Eastern Andes Slope, Argentina |
• coordinates | 36°09′02″S 70°23′47″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[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 |
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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.