Salado

The Salado river is a river in Argentina's northern province of Buenos Aires. It begins at El Chaar Lake, 40 meters above sea level on the border with Santa Fe Province, and runs southeast for 640 kilometers before debouching into Samborombón Bay, part of the Ro de la Plata estuary on the Atlantic Ocean. The mouth of the Salado lies roughly 170 kilometers south of Buenos Aires.

The drainage basin of the Salado is around 170,000 square kilometers in size, covering more than half of the province's land area. The region receives an average of 2,000 mm of rain each year, which frequently causes floods in low-lying areas. The river passes through Junn, Roque Pérez, and General Belgrano, as well as a variety of wetlands and lakes; channelization of the lower course has enhanced the river's 88 cubic meters per second drainage. The basin is home to about a million people.

Length: 715 miles