Río de la Plata
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Summary
Río de la Plata is an estuary[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of estuary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,607 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Argentina[3], Uruguay[4]
- Instance of: river[5], main stem[6]
- Basin country: Uruguay[7], Argentina[8], Bolivia[9], Brazil[10], Paraguay[11]
- Commons category: Río de la Plata[12]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Atlantic Ocean[13]
- Significant event: Battle of the River Plate[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Río de la Plata[15]
- Commons gallery: Río de la Plata[16]
- Tributary: Uruguay River[17], San Juan River[18], Santa Lucía River[19], Paraná River[20], Luján River[21], Salado River[22], Samborombón[23], Arroyo de las Vacas[24], Carrasco Creek[25], Arroyo Cufre[26], Miguelete Creek[27], Arroyo Pando[28], Arroyo Riachuelo[29], Arroyo Solís Chico[30]
- Category for the water basin: Category:La Plata basin[31]
- Depicted by: Río de la Plata in Fontana dei fiumi[32]
- Described by source: Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], New International Encyclopedia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
- Different from: Q22385730[40], Río de la Plata[41], Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata[42]
- Length: 290 km[43]
- Watershed area: 4,144,000 km²[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Río de la Plata include United Provinces of the it[45], a sovereign state[46], in United Provinces of the it[47], founded in 1810[48]; Battle of the River Plate[49], a naval battle[50]; Rioplatense Spanish[51], a dialect[52], in Argentina[53]; Río de la Plata Basin[54], a drainage basin[55], in Argentina[56]; Ciudad del Plata[57], a city[58], in Uruguay[59], founded in 2006[60]; Evangelical Church of the River Plate[61], a Christian denomination[62], in Argentina[63], headquartered in Buenos Aires[64]; it craton[65], a craton[66], in Argentina[67]; and Plata Passage[68].
Why It Matters
Río de la Plata has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
It is credited with the discovery of Juan Díaz de Solís[71], an explorer[72], 1470–1516[73], of Crown of Castile[74]. Entities named for it include United Provinces of the it[45], a sovereign state[46], in United Provinces of the it[47], founded in 1810[48]; Battle of the River Plate[49], a naval battle[50]; Rioplatense Spanish[51], a dialect[52], in Argentina[53]; Río de la Plata Basin[54], a drainage basin[55], in Argentina[56]; Ciudad del Plata[57], a city[58], in Uruguay[59], founded in 2006[60]; and Evangelical Church of the River Plate[61], a Christian denomination[62], in Argentina[63], headquartered in Buenos Aires[64].
FAQs
What did Río de la Plata discover?
Río de la Plata is credited as discoverer of Juan Díaz de Solís[71].