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History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Indigenous_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indigenous_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Indigenous people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indigenous_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_exploration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_exploration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>European exploration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_exploration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colonial_period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colonial_period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Colonial period</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.4</span> <span>Battle of Monte Santiago (1827)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battle_of_Monte_Santiago_(1827)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Battle_of_the_River_Plate_(1939)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battle_of_the_River_Plate_(1939)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6.1</span> <span>Battle of the River Plate (1939)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battle_of_the_River_Plate_(1939)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-English_names" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7_(%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="ريو دي لا بلاتا (نهر) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ريو دي لا بلاتا (نهر)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADu_de_la_Plata" title="Ríu de la Plata – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ríu de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata" title="La Plata – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="La Plata" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio-de-La-Plata" title="Rio-de-La-Plata – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rio-de-La-Plata" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="ریو دلا پلاتا چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ریو دلا پلاتا چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="রিও দে লা প্লাতা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রিও দে লা প্লাতা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_H%C3%B4" title="La Plata Hô – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="La Plata Hô" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9)" title="Ла-Плата (эстуарый) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ла-Плата (эстуарый)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="रियो डी ला प्लाटा – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="रियो डी ला प्लाटा" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Ла Плата – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ла Плата" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu_de_la_Plata" title="Riu de la Plata – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Riu de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_(bokana_sa_Urugway)" title="Río de la Plata (bokana sa Urugway) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Río de la Plata (bokana sa Urugway)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_laht" title="La Plata laht – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="La Plata laht" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%BB%CE%B1_%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Ρίο ντε λα Πλάτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρίο ντε λα Πλάτα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plata-Rivero" title="Plata-Rivero – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Plata-Rivero" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu_la_Prata" title="Riu la Prata – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Riu la Prata" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_la_Plata" title="Rio de la Plata – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rio de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="ریو دلا پلاتا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریو دلا پلاتا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_da_Prata" title="Río da Prata – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río da Prata" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%ED%94%8C%EB%9D%BC%ED%83%80%EA%B0%95" title="라플라타강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라플라타강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A1_%D5%8A%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1" title="Լա Պլատա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լա Պլատա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%93_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="रिओ दे ला प्लाता – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रिओ दे ला प्लाता" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluvio_Plata" title="Fluvio Plata – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fluvio Plata" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_la_Plata" title="Rio de la Plata – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rio de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94" title="ריו דה לה פלטה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ריו דה לה פלטה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D-%E1%83%93%E1%83%94-%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90-%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="რიო-დე-ლა-პლატა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რიო-დე-ლა-პლატა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%88%D1%8B%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D2%93%D1%8B" title="Ла-плата шығанағы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ла-плата шығанағы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_la_Plata" title="Rio de la Plata – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Rio de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D2%A3%D1%83" title="Ла-Плата булуңу – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Ла-Плата булуңу" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flumen_Argenteum" title="Flumen Argenteum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Flumen Argenteum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplata_(upe)" title="Laplata (upe) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Laplata (upe)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_(estuarija)" title="La Plata (estuarija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="La Plata (estuarija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Plata" title="Rio de Plata – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Rio de Plata" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рио де ла Плата – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Рио де ла Плата" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="रियो दे ला प्लाता – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रियो दे ला प्लाता" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="ریو د لا پلاتا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ریو د لا پلاتا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Plata" title="Sungai Plata – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sungai Plata" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BF%E5%B7%9D" title="ラプラタ川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラプラタ川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arriu_de_la_Plata" title="Arriu de la Plata – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Arriu de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/La-Plata" title="La-Plata – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="La-Plata" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86" title="ਪਲਾਤਾ ਦਰਿਆ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪਲਾਤਾ ਦਰਿਆ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu_di_la_Plata" title="Riu di la Plata – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Riu di la Plata" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_(estuarium)" title="La Plata (estuarium) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="La Plata (estuarium)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_da_Prata" title="Rio da Prata – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio da Prata" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9)" title="Ла-Плата (эстуарий) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ла-Плата (эстуарий)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumi_La_Plata" title="Lumi La Plata – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Lumi La Plata" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_(%C3%BAstie)" title="La Plata (ústie) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="La Plata (ústie)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80)" title="Рио де ла Плата (естуар) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Рио де ла Плата (естуар)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_(estuarij)" title="La Plata (estuarij) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="La Plata (estuarij)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_la_Plata" title="Rio de la Plata – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Rio de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2" title="ริโอเดลาปลาตา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ริโอเดลาปลาตา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Río de la Plata – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Río de la Plata" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Ла-Плата (річка) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ла-Плата (річка)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="ریو دے لا پلاتا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ریو دے لا پلاتا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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title="Río de la Plata (disambiguation)">Río de la Plata (disambiguation)</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Plate_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="River Plate (disambiguation)">River Plate (disambiguation)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Platte_River_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Platte River (disambiguation)">Platte River (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rio_de_la_Plata_BA_2.JPG/300px-Rio_de_la_Plata_BA_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rio_de_la_Plata_BA_2.JPG/450px-Rio_de_la_Plata_BA_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rio_de_la_Plata_BA_2.JPG/600px-Rio_de_la_Plata_BA_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2008" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> photo of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Río de la Plata</span></span> looking from northwest to southeast. <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> is visible on the right side near the <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_Delta" title="Paraná Delta">Paraná River delta</a>. River sediments turn the seawater brown as far as <a href="/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a>, visible on the left coast.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Riodelaplatabasinmap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Riodelaplatabasinmap.png/300px-Riodelaplatabasinmap.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Riodelaplatabasinmap.png/450px-Riodelaplatabasinmap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Riodelaplatabasinmap.png/600px-Riodelaplatabasinmap.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1510" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Map of the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Río de la Plata basin">Río de la Plata basin</a>, showing the Río de la Plata at the mouths of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, near Buenos Aires</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Etymology</th><td class="infobox-data">Spanish for "river of silver"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata" title="La Plata">La Plata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Quilmes" title="Quilmes">Quilmes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento" title="Colonia del Sacramento">Colonia del Sacramento</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/San_Isidro,_Buenos_Aires" title="San Isidro, Buenos Aires">San Isidro</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Punta_Lara" title="Punta Lara">Punta Lara</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vicente_L%C3%B3pez,_Buenos_Aires" title="Vicente López, Buenos Aires">Vicente López</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Avellaneda" title="Avellaneda">Avellaneda</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_Buenos_Aires" title="San Fernando, Buenos Aires">San Fernando</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Berazategui" title="Berazategui">Berazategui</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Buenos_Aires_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson, Buenos Aires Province">Hudson</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Atalaya,_Buenos_Aires" class="mw-redirect" title="Atalaya, Buenos Aires">Atalaya</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/San_Clemente_del_Tuy%C3%BA" title="San Clemente del Tuyú">San Clemente del Tuyú</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ciudad_del_Plata" title="Ciudad del Plata">Ciudad del Plata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ciudad_de_la_Costa" title="Ciudad de la Costa">Ciudad de la Costa</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data">Confluence of <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_River" title="Uruguay River">Uruguay</a> rivers</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Argentina/Uruguay</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&params=34_0_5_S_58_23_37_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°0′5″S</span> <span class="longitude">58°23′37″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.00139°S 58.39361°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-34.00139; -58.39361</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Sea" title="Argentine Sea">Argentine Sea</a>, Argentina</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&params=35_40_S_55_47_W_type:_river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°40′S</span> <span class="longitude">55°47′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.667°S 55.783°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-35.667; -55.783</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-iho_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iho-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">290 km (180 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <small>4,876 km (3,030 mi) including the Paraná</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">3,170,000 km<sup>2</sup> (1,220,000 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-Guerrero97_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guerrero97-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 3,182,064 km<sup>2</sup> (1,228,602 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-balance-hidrico_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-balance-hidrico-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Río de la Plata, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period 1971-2010) <p>27,225 m<sup>3</sup>/s (961,400 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-balance-hidrico_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-balance-hidrico-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 22,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s (780,000 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> 884 km<sup>3</sup>/a (28,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">12,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s (420,000 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">50,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s (1,800,000 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_River" title="Uruguay River">Uruguay River</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Juan_River_(Uruguay)" title="San Juan River (Uruguay)">San Juan River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Luc%C3%ADa_River" title="Santa Lucía River">Santa Lucía River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luj%C3%A1n_River" title="Luján River">Luján River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salado_River_(Buenos_Aires)" title="Salado River (Buenos Aires)">Salado River</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Río de la Plata</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈri.o<span class="wrap"> </span>ðe<span class="wrap"> </span>la<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈplata]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/63\/ES-pe_-_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.ogg\/ES-pe_-_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"ES-pe - R\u00edo de la Plata.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/ES-pe_-_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.ogg/ES-pe_-_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:ES-pe_-_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.ogg" title="File:ES-pe - Río de la Plata.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">River of Silver</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>), also called the <b>River Plate</b> or <b>La Plata River</b> in English, is the <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> formed by the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_River" title="Uruguay River">Uruguay River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Punta_Gorda,_Colonia" title="Punta Gorda, Colonia">Punta Gorda</a>. It empties into the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> and forms a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>. Depending on the geographer, the Río de la Plata may be considered a river, an estuary, a <a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">gulf</a>, or a <a href="/wiki/Marginal_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Marginal sea">marginal sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (October 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> If considered a river, it is the widest in the world, with a maximum width of 220 kilometres (140 mi). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG/220px-R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG/330px-R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG/440px-R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_costa_norte_21.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4595" data-file-height="2929" /></a><figcaption>Río de la Plata in Argentina</figcaption></figure> <p>The river is about 290 kilometres (180 mi) long and widens from about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) at its source to about 220 kilometres (140 mi) at its mouth.<sup id="cite_ref-fossati_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fossati-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It forms part of <a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Uruguay_border" title="Argentina–Uruguay border">the border</a> between <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a>. The name Río de la Plata is also used to refer to the populations along the estuary, especially the main <a href="/wiki/Port_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Port city">port cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Rioplatense_Spanish" title="Rioplatense Spanish">Rioplatense Spanish</a> is spoken and <a href="/wiki/Tango" title="Tango">tango</a> culture developed. The coasts of the river are the most densely populated areas of Uruguay and Argentina.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Río de la Plata begins at the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers at <a href="/wiki/Punta_Gorda,_Colonia" title="Punta Gorda, Colonia">Punta Gorda</a> and flows eastward into the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic Ocean">South Atlantic Ocean</a>. No clear physical boundary marks the river's eastern end; the <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> defines the eastern boundary of the Río de la Plata as "a line joining <a href="/wiki/Punta_del_Este" title="Punta del Este">Punta del Este</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_San_Antonio,_Argentina" title="Cape San Antonio, Argentina">Cabo San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-iho_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iho-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though it is generally spoken of as a river, the Río de la Plata is considered by some <a href="/wiki/Geographer" title="Geographer">geographers</a> to be a large <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bay</a> or <a href="/wiki/Marginal_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Marginal sea">marginal sea</a> of the Atlantic Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fossati_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fossati-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For those who regard it as a river, it is the widest in the world, with a maximum width of about 220 kilometres (140 mi) and a total surface area of about 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islands_and_shoals">Islands and shoals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Islands and shoals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The upper river contains several islands, including <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyarvide_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oyarvide Island (page does not exist)">Oyarvide Island</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol%C3%ADs_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Solís Islands (page does not exist)">Solís Islands</a> in Argentine waters and <a href="/wiki/Juncal_Island" title="Juncal Island">Juncal Island</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Islote_el_Mat%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Islote el Matón (page does not exist)">Islote el Matón</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Garc%C3%ADa_Island" title="Martín García Island">Martín García Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timoteo_Dom%C3%ADnguez_Island" title="Timoteo Domínguez Island">Timoteo Domínguez Island</a> in Uruguayan waters. Because of deposition of <a href="/wiki/Sediment" title="Sediment">sediments</a> from the heavy <a href="/wiki/Stream_load" title="Stream load">stream load</a> carried down from the river's tributaries, the islands in the Río de la Plata generally grow over time. </p><p>A submerged <a href="/wiki/Shoal" title="Shoal">shoal</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Barra_del_Indio" title="Barra del Indio">Barra del Indio</a>, divides the Río de la Plata into an inner <a href="/wiki/Freshwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater">freshwater</a> riverine portion and an outer <a href="/wiki/Brackish" class="mw-redirect" title="Brackish">brackish</a> estuarine portion.<sup id="cite_ref-seeliger_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seeliger-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shoal is located approximately between <a href="/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a> and Punta Piedras (the northwest end of <a href="/wiki/Samboromb%C3%B3n_Bay" title="Samborombón Bay">Samborombón Bay</a>). The inner <a href="/wiki/Fluvial" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluvial">fluvial</a> zone is about 180 kilometres (110 mi) long and up to 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide, with a depth which varies from about 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft); the depth of the outer estuary zone increases from 5 to 25 metres (16 to 82 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-seeliger_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seeliger-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river's discharge is strong enough to prevent saltwater from penetrating to the inner portion.<sup id="cite_ref-ices_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ices-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hydrology">Hydrology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hydrology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Río de la Plata behaves as an <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> in which freshwater and seawater mix. The freshwater comes principally from the <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná River</a> (one of the world's longest rivers and La Plata's main tributary) as well as from the <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_River" title="Uruguay River">Uruguay River</a> and other smaller streams. Currents in the Río de la Plata are dominated by <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">tides</a> reaching to its sources and beyond, into the Uruguay and Paraná rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-fossati_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fossati-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both rivers are tidally influenced for about 190 kilometres (120 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Tidal_range" title="Tidal range">tidal ranges</a> in the Río de la Plata are small, but its great width allows for a <a href="/wiki/Tidal_prism" title="Tidal prism">tidal prism</a> important enough to dominate the flow regime despite the huge discharge received from the tributary rivers. </p><p>The river is a <a href="/wiki/Estuary#Salt_wedge" title="Estuary">salt wedge estuary</a> in which saltwater, being denser than freshwater, penetrates into the estuary in a layer below the freshwater, which floats on the surface. Salinity fronts, or <a href="/wiki/Halocline" title="Halocline">haloclines</a>, form at the bottom and on the surface, where fresh and brackish waters meet. The salinity fronts are also <a href="/wiki/Pycnocline" title="Pycnocline">pycnoclines</a> due to the water density discontinuities. They play an important role in the reproductive processes of fish species.<sup id="cite_ref-seeliger_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seeliger-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drainage_basin">Drainage basin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Drainage basin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_Basin" title="Río de la Plata Basin">Río de la Plata Basin</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Plate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/River_Plate.jpg/220px-River_Plate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/River_Plate.jpg/330px-River_Plate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/River_Plate.jpg/440px-River_Plate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Satellite image of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers emptying into the Río de la Plata. Due to the relatively calm surface of the estuary and the angle of the Sun relative to the satellite, the current of the river flowing out into the Atlantic is visible.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Río de la Plata's <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> (sometimes called the Platine basin or Platine region)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the 3,170,000 km<sup>2</sup> (1,220,000 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>-3,182,064 km<sup>2</sup> (1,228,602 sq mi) hydrographical area that drains to the Río de la Plata. It includes areas of southeastern <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, southern and central <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, the entire country of <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>, most of <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a>, and northern <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>. Making up about one fourth of the continent's surface, it is the second largest <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> in South America (after the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_basin" title="Amazon basin">Amazon basin</a>) and one of the largest in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Guerrero97_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guerrero97-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_tributaries_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="List of tributaries of the Río de la Plata">List of tributaries of the Río de la Plata</a></div> <p>The main rivers of the La Plata basin are the <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Paraguay_River" title="Paraguay River">Paraguay River</a> (the Paraná's main tributary), and the <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_River" title="Uruguay River">Uruguay River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-seeliger_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seeliger-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Paraná River's main tributaries include the <a href="/wiki/Parana%C3%ADba_River" title="Paranaíba River">Paranaíba River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_(Paran%C3%A1_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Grande (Paraná River)">Grande River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiet%C3%AA_River" title="Tietê River">Tietê River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paranapanema_River" title="Paranapanema River">Paranapanema River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iguazu_River" title="Iguazu River">Iguazu River</a>, Paraguay River, and the <a href="/wiki/Salado_River_(Argentina)" title="Salado River (Argentina)">Salado River</a>, after which it ends in the large <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_Delta" title="Paraná Delta">Paraná Delta</a>. The Paraguay River flows through the <a href="/wiki/Pantanal" title="Pantanal">Pantanal</a> wetland, after which its main tributaries include the <a href="/wiki/Pilcomayo_River" title="Pilcomayo River">Pilcomayo River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bermejo_River" title="Bermejo River">Bermejo River</a>, before it ends in the Paraná. The Uruguay's main tributaries include the <a href="/wiki/Pelotas_River" title="Pelotas River">Pelotas River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canoas_River_(Santa_Catarina)" title="Canoas River (Santa Catarina)">Canoas River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibicu%C3%AD_River" title="Ibicuí River">Ibicuí River</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Negro_(Uruguay)" title="Río Negro (Uruguay)">Río Negro</a>. Another significant tributary to the Río de la Plata is the <a href="/wiki/Salado_del_Sur_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Salado del Sur River">Salado del Sur River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg/220px-Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg/330px-Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg/440px-Descubrimiento_del_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1477" data-file-height="921" /></a><figcaption>Discovery of the Río de la Plata by <a href="/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs" title="Juan Díaz de Solís">Juan Díaz de Solís</a>. He would be attacked and killed by <a href="/wiki/Charr%C3%BAa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Charrúa people">Charrúas</a> later.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indigenous_people">Indigenous people</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Indigenous people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nomad" title="Nomad">Nomadic</a> aboriginal people inhabited the Río de la Plata region for thousands of years before European settlers arrived, and their descendants continue to live in the region to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_exploration">European exploration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: European exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Río de la Plata was first explored by the Portuguese in 1512–13.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEViana1994254_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEViana1994254-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBethell198764_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBethell198764-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spanish first explored it in 1516, when the navigator <a href="/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs" title="Juan Díaz de Solís">Juan Díaz de Solís</a> traversed it during his search for a passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, calling it the Mar Dulce, or "freshwater sea".<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Portuguese navigator <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a> briefly explored the estuary in 1520 before his expedition continued its circumnavigation,<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1521, <a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_Jacques" title="Cristóvão Jacques">Cristóvão Jacques</a> also explored the Plate River estuary and ascended the Parana River for the first time, entering it for about 23 leagues (110 km) to near the present city of <a href="/wiki/Rosario" title="Rosario">Rosario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Johson/Silva_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johson/Silva-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Explorer <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Cabot_(explorer)" title="Sebastian Cabot (explorer)">Sebastian Cabot</a> made a detailed study of the river and its tributaries and gave it its modern name. He explored the Paraná and Uruguay rivers between 1526 and 1529, ascending the Paraná as far as the present-day city of <a href="/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n" title="Asunción">Asunción</a>, and also explored up the Paraguay River. Cabot acquired silver trinkets trading with the <a href="/wiki/Guarani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Guarani people">Guaraní</a> near today's Asunción, and these objects (together with legends of a "<a href="/wiki/Sierra_de_la_Plata" title="Sierra de la Plata">Sierra de la Plata</a>" in the South American interior brought back by earlier explorers) inspired him to rename the river "Río de la Plata" ("River of Silver").<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first European colony was the city of Buenos Aires, founded by <a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza" title="Pedro de Mendoza">Pedro de Mendoza</a> on 2 February 1536. This settlement, however, was quickly abandoned; the failure to establish a settlement on the estuary led to explorations upriver and the founding of Asunción in 1537. The area was visited by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Francis Drake</a>'s fleet in early 1578, in the early stages of his circumnavigation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buenos Aires was re-founded by <a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Garay" title="Juan de Garay">Juan de Garay</a> on 11 June 1580.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_period">Colonial period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Colonial period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg/300px-Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg/450px-Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg/600px-Buenos_Aires_y_R%C3%ADo_de_La_Plata_desde_el_aire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area">Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area</a> runs along the southern coast of the Río de la Plata.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the colonial era, the Río de la Plata was made the center of the <a href="/wiki/Governorate_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Governorate of the Río de la Plata">Governorate of the Río de la Plata</a>. The Río de la Plata region, particularly <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, was a significant site of trade throughout the 17th century. The Crown initially intended Buenos Aires to be a military establishment for the protection of the <a href="/wiki/Cerro_Rico" title="Cerro Rico">Potosí mines</a>, but it soon became evident that a settlement large enough to provide military defense would attract trade. The primary export was silver from the mines of Potosí, and imports generally included European luxury goods, slaves, and sugar. This trade occurred outside of the fleet system authorized by the Spanish Crown, and therefore was generally considered "illicit." However, under the monarchy of the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Spanish Habsburgs</a>, the line between licit and illicit trade was quite blurry. Crown officials and military outposts in Buenos Aires often relied upon profits from illicit trade to support their administrative structures.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Bourbon Spain">Bourbon</a> monarchy, the governorate was elevated to the <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata">Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata</a> in 1776. This occurred as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Reforms" title="Bourbon Reforms">Bourbon Reforms</a>, which attempted to restore the decaying wealth of the Spanish Crown. The reforms elevated the status of trade along the Río de la Plata and expanded what constituted "legal" trade so that the Crown could tax trade which had previously been "contraband." However, the plan did not go as intended. Although trade along the Río de la Plata flourished, very little silver was actually remitted to the Crown. Then, Spanish war with Britain and the simultaneous eruption of revolts in the mining regions of Peru led to a shortage of silver, putting strain on the merchant class of Buenos Aires. This caused a schism between merchants who wanted to try to continue reviving the Spanish Empire through silver trade and those who wanted to move on from silver and prioritize agricultural exports, ultimately tearing at the fabric of the Río de la Plata region's relationship with the Spanish Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1806 and 1807 the river was the scene of an important <a href="/wiki/British_invasions_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" class="mw-redirect" title="British invasions of the Río de la Plata">British invasion</a> that aimed to occupy the area and was defeated by the local garrison and population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolutionary_period">Revolutionary period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Revolutionary period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conflict in the region intensified after the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_American_wars_of_independence" title="Spanish American wars of independence">independence of the former Spanish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_Brazil" title="Independence of Brazil">Portuguese colonies</a> in the first quarter of the 19th century. Interests in the territories and the navigation rights over the <a href="/wiki/La_Plata_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="La Plata Basin">Platine region</a> played a major role in many armed conflicts throughout the century, including the <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentine Civil War">Argentine civil wars</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cisplatine_War" title="Cisplatine War">Cisplatine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Platine_War" title="Platine War">Platine</a> wars, and the <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_War" title="Paraguayan War">Paraguayan War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river was blockaded by Brazil from <a href="/wiki/Cisplatine_War" title="Cisplatine War">1826 to 1828</a>, by the French from <a href="/wiki/French_blockade_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="French blockade of the Río de la Plata">1838 to 1840</a> and by an Anglo-French alliance from <a href="/wiki/Anglo-French_blockade_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata">1845 to 1850</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cisplatine_War">Cisplatine War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cisplatine War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cisplatine_War" title="Cisplatine War">Cisplatine War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png/220px-PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png/330px-PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png/440px-PuntaColares_MuratureJose_1865.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption>The battle of Punta Colares, by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Murature" title="José Murature">José Murature</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cisplatine_War" title="Cisplatine War">Cisplatine War</a>, the Río de la Plata was blockaded by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Brazilian_Navy" title="Imperial Brazilian Navy">Imperial Brazilian Navy</a>, aiming to cripple Argentine finances and resupply their positions in <a href="/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento" title="Colonia del Sacramento">Colonia del Sacramento</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a>. Squadrons of the newly independent <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_the_River_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of the River Plate">United Provinces of the River Plate</a>, led by the Irish-Argentine admiral <a href="/wiki/William_Brown_(admiral)" title="William Brown (admiral)">William Brown</a> attempted to break the blockade despite numerical inferiority.<sup id="cite_ref-bento_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bento-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Punta_Colares_(1826)"><span id="Battle_of_Punta_Colares_.281826.29"></span>Battle of Punta Colares (1826)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Battle of Punta Colares (1826)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Punta_Colares" title="Battle of Punta Colares">Battle of Punta Colares</a></div> <p>In the first major naval engagement of the war, an Argentine squadron left port in the early hours of February 9 to challenge the blockade. The battle was inconclusive, with the Argentine fleet breaking contact and the Brazilian admiral failing to give chase.<sup id="cite_ref-carneiro_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carneiro-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Quilmes_(1826)"><span id="Battle_of_Quilmes_.281826.29"></span>Battle of Quilmes (1826)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Battle of Quilmes (1826)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quilmes" title="Battle of Quilmes">Battle of Quilmes</a></div> <p>In July 29, a Brazilian fleet led by the English admiral <a href="/wiki/James_Norton_(admiral)" title="James Norton (admiral)">James Norton</a> engaged Brown's fleet near <a href="/wiki/Barrag%C3%A1n_cove" title="Barragán cove">Ensenada</a>. Norton split his force, catching the Argentine line between two fires and causing significant casualties. William Brown's flagship, the frigate <i>25 de Mayo</i>, sank after the battle as a result of the damage received.<sup id="cite_ref-scheina_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheina-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Juncal_(1827)"><span id="Battle_of_Juncal_.281827.29"></span>Battle of Juncal (1827)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Battle of Juncal (1827)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Juncal" title="Battle of Juncal">Battle of Juncal</a></div> <p>In 8–9 February, an Argentine fleet led by Brown engaged the Third Division of the Imperial Navy on the Uruguay River, inflicting heavy casualties against a disorganized Brazilian squadron. The Argentines routed the Third Division, capturing or destroying fifteen Brazilian vessels whilst losing none and frustrating the Brazilian attempt to control the Uruguay river.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Monte_Santiago_(1827)"><span id="Battle_of_Monte_Santiago_.281827.29"></span>Battle of Monte Santiago (1827)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Battle of Monte Santiago (1827)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Santiago" title="Battle of Monte Santiago">Battle of Monte Santiago</a></div> <p>Near the coast of <a href="/wiki/Ensenada,_Buenos_Aires" title="Ensenada, Buenos Aires">Ensenada</a> in April 7, four Argentine vessels led by Brown slipped out of port in an unsuccessful attempt to surprise a large Brazilian fleet under the command of Norton. Two brigs were sunk, and a schooner was heavily damaged, resulting in a decisive Brazilian victory that ensured the Imperial blockade of the Río de la Plata until the <a href="/wiki/Preliminary_Peace_Convention_(1828)" title="Preliminary Peace Convention (1828)">Preliminary Peace Convention</a> of 1828.<sup id="cite_ref-histarmar_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histarmar-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The blockade caused serious problems to the export-oriented economy of <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> but indirectly contributed to rural provinces such as <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_Province,_Argentina" title="Córdoba Province, Argentina">Córdoba</a>, allowing producers to sell native products to Buenos Aires at an increased price.<sup id="cite_ref-rree_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rree-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_the_River_Plate_(1939)"><span id="Battle_of_the_River_Plate_.281939.29"></span>Battle of the River Plate (1939)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Battle of the River Plate (1939)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_River_Plate" title="Battle of the River Plate">Battle of the River Plate</a></div> <p>In the first naval battle of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> the German <a href="/wiki/Pocket_battleship" class="mw-redirect" title="Pocket battleship">pocket battleship</a> <i><a href="/wiki/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee" class="mw-redirect" title="German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee">Admiral Graf Spee</a></i> was engaged by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> (RN) <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(68)" title="HMS Exeter (68)">HMS <i>Exeter</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ajax_(22)" title="HMS Ajax (22)"><i>Ajax</i></a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a> cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Achilles" title="HMNZS Achilles"><i>Achilles</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> off the estuary of the River Plate in December 1939. The German ship retired up the estuary with a crippled fuel system and put into port at Montevideo. A few days later, rather than fight when believing himself outgunned, her captain scuttled her in the estuary. This engagement was part of the early <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic#Early_skirmishes_(September_1939_–_May_1940)" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English_names">English names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: English names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historical English name "River Plate" uses an obsolete sense of the word "plate", which was used extensively as a term for "silver" or "gold" from the 12th century onwards, especially in <a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_English" title="Early Modern English">Early Modern English</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The estuary has been known as the <i>River Plate</i> or <i>Plate River</i> in English since at least the time of Francis Drake.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This English version of the name served as an inspiration for one of Argentina's most important <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> clubs, <a href="/wiki/Club_Atl%C3%A9tico_River_Plate" title="Club Atlético River Plate">Club Atlético River Plate</a>. </p><p>A more literal translation of the name is "Silver River", though this is virtually never used in practice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fauna">Fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Río de la Plata is a habitat for the <a href="/wiki/Loggerhead_sea_turtle" title="Loggerhead sea turtle">loggerhead sea turtle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_sea_turtle" title="Green sea turtle">green sea turtle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leatherback_sea_turtle" title="Leatherback sea turtle">leatherback sea turtle</a>, the rare <a href="/wiki/La_Plata_dolphin" title="La Plata dolphin">La Plata dolphin</a>, and many species of fish. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rioplatense_Spanish" title="Rioplatense Spanish">Rioplatense Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Uruguay_relations" title="Argentina–Uruguay relations">Argentina–Uruguay relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Boundary_Treaty_between_Uruguay_and_Argentina" title="1973 Boundary Treaty between Uruguay and Argentina">1973 Boundary Treaty between Uruguay and Argentina</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Fontana_dei_Quattro_Fiumi" title="Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi">Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi</a>, in Rome's <a href="/wiki/Piazza_Navona" title="Piazza Navona">Piazza Navona</a>, contains a figure representing the River Plate.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata_earthquake" title="1888 Río de la Plata earthquake">1888 Río de la Plata earthquake</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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