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The Pilcomayo River is a river located in South America that flows through the continent. It is significant as a geographical feature of the region, though specific details about its course, countries it passes through, or ecological importance are not provided in the available information.
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In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Pilcomayo River is referenced by 138 other articles, and connects out to Asunción, Argentina and South America.
The entry is geolocated on the map in river, across 4 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Argentina–Bolivia border, Argentina–Paraguay border and Border rivers.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Etymology
- Quechua
- Native name
- Pillkumayu ( Quechua )
- Countries
- Argentina Bolivia Paraguay
- Source
- Most distant source of Pilcomayo-Pilaya-Camblaya-San Juan-Orosmayo-Ajedrez-Porvenir System
- Location
- East slopes of Cerro Sipisami, Jujui Province, Argentina
- Coordinates
- approximately 22°51′52″S 66°32′55″W / 22.86444°S 66.54861°W / -22.86444; -66.54861
- Elevation
- approximately 4800 m
- 2nd source
- Most distant source of main stem Pilcomayo
- Mouth
- Confluence with Paraguay River
- Official name
- Rio Pilcomayo
- Designated
- 4 May 1992
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Paraguay
- Continent
- South America
- Image
- Pilcomayo rio.jpg
- Length
- 1100
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- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- watershed area
- 270000
- drainage basin
- Río de la Plata Basin
- Commons category
- Pilcomayo River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Paraguay River
- discharge
- 200.0
- basin country
- Bolivia
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pilcomayo (in Hispanicized spelling) (Quechua: Pillkumayu or Pillku Mayu, pillku red, mayu river, "red river"; Guarani: Ysyry Araguay [ʔɨsɨˈɾɨ ʔaɾaɰʷaˈɨ]) is a river in central South America. At 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) long, it is the longest western tributary of the Paraguay River. Its drainage basin is 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) in area, and its mean discharge is 200 cubic metres per second (7,100 cu ft/s).
Along its course, the Pilcomayo silts up and splits into two main branches, North and South. After some distance, these branches rejoin to form the Lower Pilcomayo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pilcomayo River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (11)
On the map
4 mapped locations