The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Colorado (river of the Argentine Republic)

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The American Cyclopædia
Colorado (river of the Argentine Republic)
1529652The American Cyclopædia — Colorado (river of the Argentine Republic)


COLORADO, or Cobn Leubu, a river of the Argentine Republic, rising in the Andes about lat. 35° S., and flowing S. E. across the pampas through an imperfectly known country to the Atlantic, which it enters in lat. 39° 51′ S., lon. 62° 4′ W.; length about 600 m. By some authorities it is supposed to receive the waters of the Mendoza and the Desaguadero, which drain the great system of lakes in San Luis and Mendoza. It discharges through several mouths, the principal one having two fathoms of water at low tide. It is obstructed seaward by shifting sand banks. The tide rises at its mouth from six to nine feet. It is said to be navigable only about 120 m.