The Río de la Plata , also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. … See more

Indigenous people
Nomadic aboriginal people inhabited the Río de la Plata region for thousands of years before European settlers arrived, and their … See more

The Río de la Plata is a habitat for the loggerhead sea turtle, green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, the rare La Plata dolphin, and many species of fish. See more

The Río de la Plata begins at the confluence of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers at Punta Gorda and flows eastward into the South Atlantic Ocean. No clear physical boundary marks the river's eastern end; the International Hydrographic … See more

The Río de la Plata behaves as an estuary in which freshwater and seawater mix. The freshwater comes principally from the Paraná River (one of the world's longest rivers and La Plata's main tributary) as well as from the Uruguay River and other smaller streams. … See more

The historical English name "River Plate" uses an obsolete sense of the word "plate", which was used extensively as a term for "silver" or … See more

• Rioplatense Spanish
• Argentina–Uruguay relations
• 1973 Boundary Treaty between Uruguay and Argentina See more