Santa LucÃa River
The Santa Lucía River is a river in Uruguay.
Geography
River course
The 230 km long river originates at an altitude of 250 meters above sea level at Cerro Pelado in the Sierra Carapé. From its source in the department there Lavalleja near the city of Minas it flows from east to west, forming the border of the departments Florida and Canelones. Subsequently, its course changes in a southerly direction, where he is now the departments of Canelones and San José from each other. It flows past the town of Santa Lucía, from the town of Aguas Corrientes, the river is navigable. In the last section of the river up to its confluence with the Río de la Plata, there are several river islands. The tip of the located in the city of Santiago Vázquez estuary itself is the Isla del Tigre upstream.
Catchment area
Is fed to the drinking water supply serving Río Santa Lucía besides many other tributaries of the Río Santa Lucía Chico and the Río San José. The size of its catchment area is 13,448 km ².