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)

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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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El departamento Pilcomayo, en la provincia de Formosa, presenta un clima subtropical, con una muy marcada variacion termica estacional.

Cross-sectional study of intestinal parasitosis in child populations in Argentina/Estudio transversal de las parasitosis intestinales en poblaciones infantiles de Argentina

The 6 hydrologic stations of the Bermejo and Pilcomayo rivers are completely free from these effects, thus water level series along these rivers are likely to reflect the seasonal characteristics.

COMPARISON OF SEASONAL HYDROLOGIC VARIATIONS IN THE LA PLATA BASIN FROM GRACE MONTHLY SOLUTIONS WITH IN SITU TIDE GAUGE WATER LEVEL DATA

Macklin, "Heavy metal contamination of water, soil and produce within riverine communities of the Rio Pilcomayo basin, Bolivia," Science of the Total Environment, vol.

Safety of Potato Consumption in Slovak Region Contaminated by Heavy Metals due to Previous Mining Activity

Incluye otros cuatro distritos mas (Huancan, San Agustin, Pilcomayo, y Sapallanga) y cuenta aproximadamente 425 000 habitantes (tabla 1).

Impacts of urban growth on Andean smallholders. A study of perception in the rural-urban zone of Huancayo, Peru/Los impactos del crecimiento urbano en los campesinos andinos. Un estudio de percepcion en la zona rural-urbana de Huancayo, Peru

En los ultimos anos, en la zona del Pilcomayo salteno, se agregan a esta actividad, el mirar television y el uso de ordenadores, aquellos que los tienen (Bustamante, 2013, p.

Significaciones de mass media en preparatorianos y universitarios indigenas emigrados a Monterrey

Etnografia chaquena, el caso de los Tapietes del Pilcomayo. Revista delMUSEF.

Recursos vegetales y practicas alimentarias entre indigenas tapiete del noreste de la provincia de Salta, Argentina