Rivers in Argentina

About the Rivers of Argentina

The 12 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.

Bermejo

The Bermejo River is a river in South America that flows from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. The river is generally called Bermejo in spite of its different names along its way, but it also has its own Native American names; in Wichí it is called Teuco, and in Guaraní it is called Ypitá. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Carcarañá

The Carcarañá River is a river in Argentina. It begins at the confluence of the Río Tercero and the Saladillo River in the south-east of the province of Córdoba and flows eastward into the province of Santa Fe, which it crosses. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chubut

The Chubut River is located in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina. Its name comes from the Tehuelche word chupat, which means 'transparent'. The Argentine Chubut Province, through which the river flows, is named after it. Welsh settlers called the river Afon Camwy, meaning 'twisting river'. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Colorado

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river, the Fifth-longest in the United States, drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Deseado

Deseado River is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz. The name Deseado comes from the English Desire, the name of one of the two ships commanded by John Davis during the Thomas Cavendish expedition of 1592. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gallegos

The Gallegos River is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary lies Río Gallegos city, capital of the province. Given that its basin reaches only the fringes of the Andes mountains it classifies as a sub-Andean river. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Limay

The Limay River is an important river in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia. It originates at the eastern end of the Nahuel Huapi Lake and flows in a meandering path for about 380 kilometres, collecting the waters of several tributaries, such as the Traful River, the Pichileufú and the Collón Curá. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mendoza

The Mendoza River is a river in the province of Mendoza, Argentina. It is formed in the Andes range between the Aconcagua and the Tupungato, by the confluence of the Vacas, the Cuevas and the Tupungato rivers, the last being its major tributary. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Negro

Río Negro is the main river of Patagonia in terms of the size of its drainage basin, its associated agricultural produce and population living at its shores. In eastern Patagonia it is also the largest by flow rate. The river flows through the Argentine province of Río Negro which is named after it. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Neuquén

The Neuquén River is the second most important river of the province of Neuquén in the Argentine Patagonia, after the Limay River. Rocks of the Neuquén Basin are fossiliferous, and the basin hosts what may become important fields of tight oil and gas. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Paraná

The Paraná River is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres. Among South American rivers, it is second in length only to the Amazon River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tercero

The Tercero River, also known as Ctalamochita, is a river in Córdoba Province of Argentina. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)