The Uruguay River (Spanish: Río Uruguay [ˈri.o wɾuˈɣwaj]; Portuguese: Rio Uruguai [ˈʁi.u uɾuˈɡwaj]) is a major river in South America. It flows from north...
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the Río de la Plata as "a line joining Punta del Este, Uruguay and Cabo San Antonio, Argentina". Though it is generally spoken of as a river, the Río de...
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bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an...
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westward is the Río Negro, which crosses the entire country from northeast to west before emptying into the Río Uruguay. A dam on the Río Negro at Paso...
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width of Uruguay to the Uruguay River. The course of the Río Negro across Uruguay effectively divides the south and the north of the country. The Río Negro's...
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Río Branco is a city in the Cerro Largo department of northeastern Uruguay, it borders the Brazilian city of Jaguarão, with which it communicates through...
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Río Negro Department (Spanish: Departamento de Río Negro, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈneɣɾo]) is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay...
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kilometres (308 mi) northwest of Montevideo, and on the east bank of the Río Uruguay across from the city of Concordia in Argentina. About 12 kilometres (7...
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The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America (Spanish:...
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The Uruguay's main tributaries include the Pelotas River, Canoas River, Ibicuí River, and the Río Negro. Another significant tributary to the Río de la...
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Lavalleja Maldonado Paysandú Río Negro Rivera Rocha Salto San José Soriano Treinta y Tres Coat of arms of Uruguay "Flag of Uruguay". The World Factbook. Central...
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Banda Oriental (category Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata)
Banda Oriental del Río Uruguay (Eastern Bank), was the name of the South American territories east of the Uruguay River and north of Río de la Plata that...
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is a town situated on the east bank of the river Río Uruguay in the Río Negro Department of Uruguay. It was founded in 1913 by a Russian group of settlers...
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sites Uruguay has 22 protected areas, covering 3.68% of the country's land area. Cabo Polonio National Park Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay National...
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Cisplatina (redirect from Cisplatina (Uruguay))
region Banda Oriental, short for Banda Oriental del Río Uruguay ("the strip to the east of the Uruguay River"). The Banda Oriental had always been a sparsely...
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Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the president is both the head of state and head of government. The following is a list of all the people...
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Uruguay consists of 19 departments (departamentos). Each department has a legislature, called a Departmental Board, and a chief executive called a Intendente...
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Boca Juniors (redirect from Boca Rio Uruguay Seg.)
organised by CONMEBOL and the rest organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations. Consequently, Boca is ranked third in the world in terms...
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This is a demography of the population of Uruguay including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious...
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Paraná River (redirect from Río Paraná)
with the Paraguay River and then farther downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The first European...
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Forces of Uruguay (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay) consist of the National Army of Uruguay, the National Navy of Uruguay, and the...
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Look up Río de la Plata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Río de la Plata (River Plate) is a river estuary in Argentina and Uruguay. Río de la Plata...
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Paysandú Department (category Departments of Uruguay)
its north, Tacuarembó Department to its east, Río Negro Department to its south and has the Río Uruguay flowing at its west, separating it from Argentina...
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Soriano Department (category Departments of Uruguay)
[soˈɾjano]) is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Mercedes. It is located on the west of the country, south of Río Negro Department, north of Colonia...
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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, which began to disintegrate with the Revolution of May 1810. The territory of present-day Uruguay was invaded by the...
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The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence...
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The Brazil–Uruguay football rivalry, also known as El Clásico del Río Negro, or Clássico do Rio Negro is a highly competitive sports rivalry between the...
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The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Virreinato del Río de la Plata or Spanish: Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) meaning "River...
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Salvador River (Uruguay): left; UY. Río Negro (Uruguay): left; UY; 33°25′S 58°25′W / 33.417°S 58.417°W / -33.417; -58.417 (Río Negro); GNS: Rio Negro at...
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Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state. It is bounded on the east by the South Atlantic Ocean and on the south by the Río de la Plata estuary. The Uruguay River...
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