Paraná River

Paraná River as part of the Rio de la Plata river system

Paraná - behind the city of Posadas

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The Paraná ( Guaraní: Parana ) is a river in South America. It rises in Brazil by the confluence of the Paranaíba and the Rio Grande and, together with the Uruguay River to the Rio de la Plata.

The Paraná is 3998 km long and almost completely deprived of its natural form, as it is accumulated almost continuously. The catchment area of the Paraná includes, without the Rio de la Plata 2,582,672 km ².

River

It rises in Brazil by the confluence of the Paranaíba and the Rio Grande, which takes place in the huge Ilha - Solteira Dam on the border of the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. Immediately after the aforementioned reservoir flows through the Paraná Jupia the reservoir. Then, his water flows in a large valley, which is located east of the Serra de Maracaju, towards the south, where he also overcomes some waterfalls and later forms the border between the states of São Paulo and Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. He then forms the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

Among the aforementioned reservoirs come: Três Lagoas - Reservoir, Porto- Primavera Reservoir and Ilha Grande Reservoir. A few miles above the mouth of the Iguazú in the Paraná is the Itaipu Reservoir. Henceforth, the Paraná forms the border between Paraguay and Argentina.

The last 500 km it crosses Argentina, where it flows towards its mouth always sumpfigeres area. He eventually forms together with the Uruguay River to the 290 km long Río de la Plata.

Reservoirs

• Ilha - Solteira Reservoir ( 1195 km ² 21.06 km ³)
• Jupia Reservoir ( 544 km ² 3.68 km ³ )
• Três Lagoas - Dam
• Porto Primavera Reservoir (2250 sq km, 18.50 km ³)
• Ilha Grande Reservoir
• Itaipu ( 1460 km ², 29 km ³ )
• Yacyretá Apipe (1600 km ², 21.0 km ³)
• Corpus Posadas (? Km ², 13.0 km ³)
• Chapetón (? Km ², 60.6 km ³ ) ( in construction)
• Pati (? Km ², 38.0 km ³ ) ( in construction)