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Salado River

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Also known as Río Salado

river in Argentina

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Encyclopedic overview

Map of the Rio de la Plata Basin, showing the Salado River joining the Paraná River near Santa Fe and Rosario

The Salado River (Spanish: Río Salado, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o saˈlaðo] "Salty River") is a river that crosses several provinces of Argentina, flowing 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) from its source in the Salta Province to end in the Paraná River, in the Santa Fe Province. Because of its origin, its flow varies widely within the year, and it can dry out in some parts of its path during the winter. The only important tributary to the river is the Horcones River, which is born in Salta as Cajón River, and joins the Salado in the Santiago del Estero Province.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salado River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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