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	RIO DE LA PLATA - LoveToKnow Article on RIO DE LA PLATA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		De Solis set sail from the port of Lepe on the 8th of October 1515, reached the Bay of Rio de Janeiro on the 1st of January 1516, and continuing southward to lat.
		The Rio Negro has a delta of several large islands at its confluence with the Uruguay Its head-waters are in the southern part of Rio Grande do Sul, but the main river belongs entirely to the state of Uruguay, which it cuts midway in its course from north-east to south-west.
		Among its numerous affluents the principal one is the Rio das Mortes, rising in the Serra Mantiqueira.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PL/PLATA_RIO_DE_LA.htm (4334 words)

	Rio de la Plata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Rio de la Plata separates Uruguay and Argentina on the southeastern coast of South America.
		The Rio de la Plata originates at the junction of the Uruguay and Parana rivers.
		The Rio de la Plata collects waters from rivers that flow in the highlands of Brazil, Northern Argentina, the south of Brazil and Paraguay.
	omp.gso.uri.edu /doee/science/descript/rio.htm (168 words)

	b. The Rio De La Plata. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The period of independence in the region of Río de la Plata opened with a British attempt to gain possession of a portion of the area.
		The British agreed to retreat from the Río de la Plata and Montevideo.
		In view of the apparent success of Napoleon, a provisional junta of the provinces of the Río de la Plata was established in the name of Ferdinand VII (May 25, 1810).
	www.bartleby.com /67/1644.html (609 words)

	PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE - Online Information article about PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE
		principal one is the Rio das Mortes, rising in the Serra Mantiqueira.
		lie to the south of the Plata, there was for the six years ending with 1899 an annual average of 14,000,000 tons for the overseas commerce and 11,000,000 tons for the river and coasting trade.
		Monte-video; and its foreign commerce increased from an aggregate of 50,000 tons in 1822 to 150,000 tons in 1854 and to 4,069,870 tons in 1898, the river and coasting trade having increased from 50,000 tons in 1822 to 150,000 tons in 1854 and to 3,915,421 tons in 1898.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/PLATA_RIO_DE_LA_or_RIVER_PLATE.html (5508 words)

	Rio de la Plata, Viceroyalty of the -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is separated from Chile on the west by the Andean cordillera, whose peaks average between 14,800 and 16,400 feet (4,500 and 5,000 m) in elevation.
		An industrial and trade city in eastern Spain, Castellón de la Plana is situated 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Valencia on a fertile plain near the Mediterranean coast.
		The Roman de la Rose (Romance of the Rose) was one of the most popular French poems of the late medieval period of European history.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063741?tocId=9063741 (987 words)

	AllRefer.com - Plata, RIo de la, Latin America & Caribbean Islands (Latin American And Caribbean Physical Geography) - ...
		Plata, RIo de la[rE´O thA lA plA´tA] Pronunciation Key, estuary, c.170 mi (270 km) long, SE South America, formed by the ParanA and Uruguay rivers.
		Discovered (1516) by Juan DIaz de SolIs, it was explored by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 and by Sebastian Cabot from 1526 to 1529.
		The viceroyalty of RIo de la Plata, more or less corresponding to the present Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay, was established in 1776.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Plata-Ri.html (340 words)

	Rio de la Plata Satellite Image - Uruguay - Argentina
		The estuary of the Rio de la Plata is one of the largest in the world.
		The extensive sediment plume (muddy looking water) in the Rio de la Plata seems to be a normal condition of the river.
		At the mouth of the Rio de la Plata (south side) a gray patch indicates the location of Buenos Aires hotels bed and breakfast vacation rentals guide find where to stay way togo tourist laks guides in the world.
	www.america-atlas.com /rio-plata.htm (2339 words)

	Conociendo el Río de la Plata
		Un pesquero poco reconocido estando tan al alcance de los habitantes de la ciudad de Bs.
		En la época estival este río se encuentra en su apogéo con respecto a su cantidad de especies (tanto de escamas como de cuero), los grandes protagonistas son los Dorados que a medida que se produce el calentamiento de las aguas mejoran su porte.
		Después de esta presentación, nos daremos cuenta que estamos frente a un pesquero de grandes cualidades, del cual volveremos a hablar reiteradamente en este sitio; brindándole con más detalles cómo y en qué parte del Río de La Plata podrá practicar la pesca con los mayores resultados.
	www.sobrepesca.com.ar /index/excursiones/excursiones.htm (275 words)

	Las invasiones inglesas al Río de la Plata
		Popham obró a pesar de la orden de Pitt del 29 de julio de 1805, de suspender “toda operación hostil a España en Sud América”.
		Las instrucciones eran claras: establecer una posición de fuerza en la costa desde donde emprender operaciones futuras, y no fomentar ningún acto de insurrección, demostrando a la vez las ventajas del gobierno británico y de la unión con su imperio.
		Como una represalia por la falta de cumplimiento de la capitulación con Beresford, la población de Montevideo fue tratada con dureza, tomándose prisioneros a muchos oficiales y soldados, incluyendo al gobernador Ruiz Huidobro, que fueron embarcados para Gran Bretaña.
	www.argentina-rree.com /2/2-007.htm (3250 words)

	5. The Rio De La Plata. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Sebastián Cabot, in the service of a group of merchants of Sevilla, set out with an expedition to reach the Moluccas but was diverted into the Río de la Plata while searching for a passage to the east.
		Pedro de Mendoza established permanent colonization of the area.
		Mendoza founded Buenos Aires (Santa María de Buenos Aires) on the estuary of the Río de la Plata.
	www.bartleby.com /67/900.html (259 words)

	Physiography of the Rio de la Plata (from Plata, Rio de la) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The muddiness of the water in the Río de la Plata itself is increased by the tides and winds that hinder the deposition of silt on the bed.
		Part of the stream is impounded by Lake Carite; the reservoir's outlet diverts waters for a series of hydroelectric stations on the Guamaní River in the coastal Guayama area to the south.
		One of the masterpieces of French literature, the satirical and somewhat bitter Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec avec les caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle (Characters, or Manners of the Age, with the Characters of Theophrastus [sic]), was written by Jean de La Bruyère.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=41723 (1033 words)

	Plata, Río de la on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Discovered (1516) by Juan Díaz de Solís, it was explored by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 and by Sebastian Cabot from 1526 to 1529.
		The viceroyalty of Río de la Plata, more or less corresponding to the present Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay, was established in 1776.
		Une barge tente lundi dans le Rio de la Plata de renflouer une partie du cuirassé allemand "Admiral Graf Spee" La tentativ.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Plata-R1i.asp (530 words)

	Rio de la Plata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Rio de la Plata may refer to the following:
		Rio de la Plata, a river in the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_de_la_Plata (98 words)

	Río de la Plata Spanish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The area around the Río de la Plata (the estuary formed by the convergence of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers) is now one of the most densely populated in Latin America.
		In the first place, settlement of the area immediately around the Río de la Plata came directly from Spain, with the foundation of Buenos Aires in 1536 by the Andalusian Pedro de Mendoza.
		In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the arrival of tens of thousands of Italians in the Río de la Plata cities resulted in a major demographic shift, with residents of Italian origin accounting at the peak of the immigration for almost half the population of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
	www.staff.ncl.ac.uk /i.e.mackenzie/rioplat.htm (2191 words)

	Buenos Aires, History and Overview: History
		In the year 1516, the Spanish sailor Juan Díaz de Solís was the first European to look upon the Rio de la Plata, a vast river, so wide it is that he called it "El Mar Dulce", The Freshwater Sea.
		The first viceroy was one named Pedro de Cevallos, whose initial task was to take from the Portuguese the colony of Sacramento (built on the opposite shore of the river, and main waypoint of the smuggling caravans).
		Some of its adversaries call him "the Caligula of the Río de la Plata", but he was "El Restaurador de las Leyes" (something like "the restorer of the laws") to his followers.
	www.elysium.com.ar /baires/overview/briefhistory.htm (3655 words)

	Del Rio de la Plata al Mediterraneo
		La campaña, que durará hasta el 9 de octubre, enfrenta al joven con la diferencia que hay entre lo que piensa o desea y con la realidad.
		Un niño de año y medio puede que necesite comer la misma cantidad que un bebé de nueve meses.
		Se trata de un nuevo juego, que consiste en poner tres fotos de objetos, mascotas, personas o efectos personales que quienes dan las reglas del juego te digan esa semana.
	gigi2012.blogspot.com (5227 words)

	Colonia - Uruguay - Conozca Colonia del Sacramento y su barrio histórico declarado Patrimonio Histórico de la ...
		A continuación, trataremos de mostrar a través de breves reseñas históricas e imágenes, lo que le espera a Usted (señor turista) en su próxima visita a la ciudad de Colonia del Sacramento.
		La Colonia del Sacramento ha mantenido en su área original, características muy distintas al común de nuestras ciudades, en general trazados con los clásicos dameros.
		También lo invitamos a conocer a través de las páginas de la Plaza de Toros un poco de historia de la misma, como cuando
	www.colonianet.com /paseos.htm (455 words)

	Project Descriptions: Carribbean & Latin America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		La Plata's center was Green Mapped and posted along with the Buenos Aires Green Map.
		In the district of Los Sitios de Moravia Costa Rica, Taller Internacional de Servicios (TAIS) is initating the Green Map with the help of Canadian students Christopher G. Anderson, Jonathan Gonzales Fuentes and Laura Beresford.
		Geographer Alejandro Angulo Carrera and colleagues at Mapa Verde de la Ciudad de Querètaro will be charting the unique flora, fauna, land and water of this area.They will use ArcView GIS software to develop this project.
	www.greenmap.com /grmaps/latinam.html (1718 words)

	RIO DE LA PLATA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Rio de La Plata basin is located about 11 miles west of San Juan and drains approximately 240 square miles.
		Heavy rainfall combined with the steep headwater slopes causes frequent flooding in the towns of Dorado, Toa Baja, and Toa Alta. The recommended plan provides 100-year protection upstream of PR Highway 2 and SPF protection downstream.
		Award of Contract 1, the lower reach of La Plata channel improvements and levees, is scheduled for November 2002 pending the availability of lands and funding.
	www.saj.usace.army.mil /dp/puerto_rico/projects/rio_de_la_plata.htm (162 words)

	Preserving the health of the Rio de la Plata: International Development Research Centre
		Ten years of collaborative research by Uruguayan and Canadian researchers on the Rio de la Plata estuary may lead to just those kinds of decisions to preserve the estuary and conserve its valuable resources.
		The Rio de la Plata estuary — the widest in the world — originates at the junction of the Uruguay and Parana rivers.
		On its 1,000 kilometre journey to the sea, the Rio de la Plata collects water from many rivers that flow from the highlands of Brazil, Northern Argentina, the south of Brazil, and Paraguay.
	web.idrc.ca /en/ev-5468-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (1199 words)

	Worldisround - Rio de Janeiro to Rio de la Plata - South America photos
		As we drew near Rio de Janeiro harbor at dawn, we were greeted with as...
		Rio de Janeiro, with nearly six million residents, is held at bay by famed...
		The Plaza de Mayo, at the heart of Buenos Aires, is haunted by...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/14158 (1690 words)

	AAAS Plata Basin Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The AAAS Plata Basin Initiative is part of the Science for Sustainable Development (SSD): The Watershed Project (formerly known as EDEHN), which seeks to strengthen science for sustainability by building international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary bridges while undertaking capacity-building activities.
		The Plata Basin Initiative focuses on the effects of land use and land cover change (mainly the expansion and intensification of agricultural and livestock activities) on the hydrology, biodiversity and sustainable socio-economic development of the Basin.
		The consortium Grupo Río Paraná is comprised of Instituto Nacional Nacional de Limnología, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral, Instituto Ciencias Ambientales y Salud from Argentina, and elements of the USGS and AAAS from the United States.
	www.aaas.org /international/lac/plata/report_english.shtml (2964 words)

	Plateria Criolla. Silversmiths. Clasps, hebillas, Plateria del Río de la Plata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		La plata esta ligada a nuestros orígenes, desde los nombres geográficos- Río de la Plata- hasta la misma denominación de Argentina (argentum es plata).
		La abundancia del metal precioso definió la conquista e hizo originar leyendas.
		Aqui damos una muestra de la capacidad de nuestros Artesanos en plata.
	www.platagaucha.com.ar (148 words)

	Noonsite: Argentina Weather - Rio de la Plata
		I am writing to you because I have been reading World Cruising Routes, and found an important mistake regarding Argentinian weather and the Rio de la Plata.
		The villages along the coast at the province of Rocha, on the Eastern side of Uruguay, like Valizas, Punta del Diablo, Aguas Dulces, Polonio, etc. were founded by shipwrecked sailors.
		The villages are a great place to relax hearing stories, while your boat is secure in the Port of La Paloma.
	www.noonsite.com /Members/doina/R2002-11-25-1 (216 words)

	Ciudad de Colonia del Sacramento (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		La ciudad, cambió de dueños en reiteradas oportunidades, ya sea a partir de las acciones bélicas o diplomáticas.
		El trazado de la ciudad es de origen portugués y contrasta con el clásico plano de damero común a todas las ciudades de origen español y legislado por las Leyes de Indias.
		La estructura de la ciudad responde a una conformación antes que nada militar, sus calles son muy angostas, en ángulo, cubiertas con piedras en forma de cuña, con un desagüe central.
	www.rau.edu.uy /uruguay/colonia (293 words)

	Rio de la Plata
		The mouth of Laguna de la Plata is as a matter of fact a real wide sea.
		The signs of it's turbulent life leaves Rio de la Plata at it's banks.
		If you want to go to the beach of Rio de la Plata thru park, is better that you borrow the bicycle.
	www.astrokaktus.com /Argentina2005/buenos_aires/a_rio-de-la-plata.html (302 words)

	Banco Rio de la Plata S.A. - Company Profile - Insurance Business Review
		Banco Rio de la Plata (Banco Rio) is an Argentinean private bank providing a range of financial services, including retail, corporate, and merchant banking, insurance, credit cards and fund management, to individuals, companies of all sizes, financial institutions and the public sector (both provincial and national).
		Banco Rio de la Plata S.A. (Banco Rio) is an integrated bank covering a wide range of commercial banking activities and financial services directed at private, business and public sector clients throughout Argentina.
		Banco Rio also provides asset/investment management services to both group and individual clients, and is both a developer and seller of mutual fund products.
	www.insurance-business-review.com /companyprofile.asp?guid=19DA9400-40CA-44AA-A946-986272FBD19E (393 words)

	Worldisround - Rio de Janeiro to Rio de la Plata - South America pictures
		South America - travel photos - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city, is a place of contrasts, spectacular...
		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city, is a place of contrasts, spectacular vistas, dazzling beaches, and the persistent beat of Samba drums.
		Just across the muddy Rio de la Plata from Montevideo is Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina -- a somewhat tattered city throbbing with vitality, color, and European elegance in a country struggling to barely stay afloat.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/14158/text.html (985 words)

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