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Pilcomayo

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Pilcomayo (pēlkōmä`yō), river c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in the Bolivian Andes E of Lake Poopó and flowing SE in a marshy course across the Gran Chaco to the Paraguay River near Asunción. It forms part of the Argentina-Paraguay border.
Pilcomayo
a river in S central South America, rising in W central Bolivia and flowing southeast, forming the border between Argentina and Paraguay, to the Paraguay River at Asunción. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)

Pilcomayo 

a river in South America, a right tributary of the Paraguay River. The Pilcomayo is 1,200 km long and drains an area of 160,000 sq km. Rising in the Central Andes of Bolivia, it cuts through the Cordillera Oriental and flows out onto the Gran Chaco, where it forms the border between Argentina and Paraguay. The Pilcomayo becomes extremely shallow in winter; in summer (January-April) it overflows and submerges a wide band of land. The mean flow rate in the middle course is 167 cu m per sec. There is a hydroelectric power station on the upper course. The city of Asunción is at the river’s mouth.



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According to these authors, the Chaco and the Rio de la Plata Basin regions in the northeast of the country have a remarkable abundance of wetlands, associated primarily with the basins of the Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Bermejo, Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
General Coordinator: Lucia Soler Members of Protected Areas: Walter Drews and Antonio Nunez (Provincial Reserves Galarza and Santa Maria, Ibera, Corrientes), Ariel Carmaran, Julio Sotelo, Alcides Vallejos, Sergio Larosa (Mburucuya National Park, Corrientes), Andres Lanfiutti (Chaco National Park, Chaco), Matias Entrocassi, Matias Carpinetto, Adrian Ortiz, Jose Calo (Rio Pilcomayo National Park, Formosa).
In the southeast, La Plata Basin has many small rugged rivers that are tributaries to the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers.
 
 
 
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