Geography: Water Resources


Water Resources

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In Argentina, the fluvial net is integrated by many systems of different economic relevance.
Water flow relevance is based on its potential to be used for irrigation and as a source of energy. Depending on where the water streams drain, rivers and creeks could be classified into three different kinds of watersheds:

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Open or exorheic watersheds: they have exterior drainage - Parana River, Uruguay River, Negro River.


Closed or endorheic watersheds: they have interior drainage - Atuel River, Diamante River, Tunuyan River.

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Areic watersheds: they lack of drainage and could be found in the center-west of the chaquenean plain, on the west of the pampean region and in some patagonic areas.








Wagner, N. (16 of December, 2011). USA Today.
Iformation based on http://traveltips.usatoday.com/argentinas-major-bodies-water-63530.html

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