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Río de la Plata

American  
[ree-aw the lah plah-tah] / ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ ˈplɑ tɑ /

noun

  1. an estuary on the southeastern coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.


Río de la Plata British  
/ ˈriːəʊ də lɑː ˈplɑːtə /

noun

  1. See Plata

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Scientists already knew that megaflash-producing storms are particularly likely to form in the North American Great Plains, as well as in South America’s Río de la Plata Basin, and the study confirmed that.

From Scientific American Jul. 5, 2023

Accordingly, rising fortunes in Río de la Plata created a newly favorable environment for those who preferred rupture to reform.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

There was a strong police presence in Recoleta, the upscale neighborhood in northern Buenos Aires on the Río de la Plata.

From Washington Post Sep. 1, 2022

I fly again over the Río de la Plata.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2016

It flows instead into the Río de la Plata, which separates Argentina and Uruguay, after the Río Paraná splits into several smaller rivers and forms a multitude of sedimentary islands covered in forest and grasslands.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2010

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