Miriñay River
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The Miriñay River is a small river in the province
of Corrientes
, Argentina
. It is born on the eponymous wetlands (Esteros del Miriñay) southeast of the Iberá Wetlands
, and flows south for about 200 km until emptying into the Uruguay River
near Monte Caseros
. Its course runs along a wide alluvial plain.
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Corrientes
Corrientes Province
Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It is born on the eponymous wetlands (Esteros del Miriñay) southeast of the Iberá Wetlands
Iberá Wetlands
The Iberá Wetlands are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough and courses of water in the center and center-north of the . The Esteros are the second-largest wetlands in world after Pantanal in Brazil...
, and flows south for about 200 km until emptying into the Uruguay River
Uruguay River
The Uruguay River is a river in South America. It flows from north to south and makes boundary with Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of the Mesopotamia from the other two countries...
near Monte Caseros
Monte Caseros, Corrientes
Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 25,000 inhabitants as of the...
. Its course runs along a wide alluvial plain.