San Javier River (Santa Fe)
The San Javier River (Spanish, Río San Javier[1]) is an anabranch (arm or side channel) of the Paraná River in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Course
The lower Paraná River is highly
The mouth of the San Javier River is located at 31°29′50″S 60°20′32″W / 31.49722°S 60.34222°W,[3] about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Santa Fe City, the provincial capital. Its primary source, on the Paraná River, is located at 29°16′32″S 59°36′8″W / 29.27556°S 59.60222°W.[4]
The distance from its source to its mouth is about 250 kilometres (160 mi), over which it flows in a highly meandering and braided course.
History
The San Javier, formerly known as Quiloazas River, was the cause of the abandonment of the initial site of the provincial capital at Cayastá, 85 km upstream from the current one, due to the erosion it caused (and still causes) on the ravine where the town was built.
See also
References
- ^ Río San Javier at GEOnet Names Server
- ^ Bodo, Byron A. (September 2001). "Annotations for Monthly Discharge Data for World Rivers" (PDF). pp. 46–47. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ GNS coordinates adjusted using an Instituto Geográfico Militar map of Santa Fe Province, Google Maps, and GeoLocator
- ^ Source coordinates determined using an Instituto Geográfico Militar map of Santa Fe Province, Google Maps, and GeoLocator
- (in Spanish) Seminario Internacional de Ciudades Históricas Iberoamericanas (Toledo, 2001). Las ciudades históricas como sitios integrales.