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Carcarañá

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Carcarañá is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.

Feature Class
River
Coordinates
-32.91°, -61.88°
7.0
Coordinates: 32.9085° S, 61.8755° WCountry: ArgentinaOpenStreetMap ↗
Carcarañá, Argentina
Carcarañá. Image via Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).

About Carcarañá

The Carcarañá River (Spanish, Arroyo Saladillo or Río Saladillo) is a river in Argentina. It begins at the confluence of the Río Tercero and the Saladillo River (the lower course of the Río Cuarto) in the south-east of the province of Córdoba (near Cruz Alta, at 33°01′S 61°48′W) and flows eastward into the province of Santa Fe, which it crosses.

In Santa Fe the river first turns south, then east and finally north-east, passing by the city of Carcarañá. It receives the waters of the Cañada de Gómez (near the city of the same name, at 32°51′S 61°9′W), develops cascades and becomes constrained within ravines up to 20 metres (66 ft) high. It then turns north and empties into the Coronda River (Río Coronda) or Riacho Coronda), south of Gaboto. The Coronda empties into the Paraná River about 7 kilometres (4 mi) below the mouth of the Carcarañá, at 32°30′5″S 60°47′45″W.

The Carcarañá basin comprises 2 percent of the territory of Santa Fe and 4 percent of its population lives within it. It has a total length of 240 kilometres (150 mi) and it is navigable only by medium ships.

Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Carcarañá River (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Carcarañá in Depth

History

The mouth of the Carcarañá River was the location of the first European settlement in the Río de la Plata region and present-day Argentina. In 1527 Sebastian Cabot, a Venetian at the service of Spain, established the Sancti Spiritus Fort there. Years later this was also the meeting point of Juan de Garay, founder of the city of Santa Fe, and the envoy of Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, founder of Córdoba.

Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Carcarañá River (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Carcarañá: Key Facts

Key facts about Carcarañá
Length240 km
Drainage basin40,000 km²
SourceTercero River
MouthParaná River
Drainage systemRío de la Plata Basin
TributariesCuarto River, Tercero River

Facts from Wikidata Q2611819 (CC0).

Major River Dossiers

Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.

Connected Reaches

Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.

Water Bodies in the Catchment

Settlements Along the Reach

Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby

Surrounding Terrain

Carcarañá: Quick Answers

Where is Carcarañá?
Carcarañá is located in Argentina, at 32.9085° S, 61.8755° W.
Are there dams on the Carcarañá?
No dam on the Carcarañá is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.