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The Paraguay River is the second major river of the Rio de la Plata Basin, after the Paraná River. The Paraguay's drainage basin , about 1,095,000 square kilometres (423,000 sq mi), [ 4 ] covers a vast area that includes major portions of Argentina, southern Brazil, parts of Bolivia, and most of the country of Paraguay.
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The rivers of Paraguay have served, in the absence of usable roads, as natural ways to access the more remote Paraguayan territories. Some of them, the major tributaries of Paraguay and Parana, enabled navigation on a small scale, and smaller boats with limited use in times of drought due to decreasing flow of water flows.
An enlargeable topographic map of Paraguay. Geography of Paraguay. Paraguay is: a landlocked country; Location: Southern Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere. Latin America. South America. Southern Cone (definition varies as to whether Paraguay is included or not) Time zone: UTC-04, October–March UTC-03; Extreme points of Paraguay High: Cerro Peró ...
Sixteen of these rivers and numerous smaller streams enter the Paraná River above Encarnación. Paraguay's third largest river, the Pilcomayo River, flows into the Paraguay River near Asunción after demarcating the entire border between the Chaco region and Argentina. During most of its course, the river is sluggish and marshy, although small ...
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It is a tributary of the Paraguay River, which in turn is a tributary of the Paraná River. It starts in the Amambai Mountains of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul . The Apa forms part of the border between Paraguay and Brazil beginning at the twin cities of Bella Vista Norte and Bela Vista .
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