The Dulce River (in
Spanish
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''Río Dulce'', in
Quechua
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*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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''Misky Mayu'') is the most important river in the
Argentine province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Santiago del Estero.
The Dulce River's source is in
Tucumán Province
Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina.
Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neigh ...
under the name of
Salí River, though it receives tributaries from
Salta Province, and changes names when reaching Santiago del Estero. It runs southeast throughout the province, and then feeds the Río Hondo in
Córdoba Province before emptying into the
Mar Chiquita salt lake.
There is also a dam in the limit with Tucumán Province called Río Hondo dam, with a lake formatted with the connection of four rivers of Tucumán. This lake is experiencing pollution due to the lack of control of the emissions of polluting substances into the Salí River, caused mainly by the pulpmills located in Tucumán.
The river runs through the
Argentine Espinal
The Espinal (NT0801) is an ecoregion of dry, thorny forest, savanna and steppe in Argentina. It has been extensively modified by large scale cattle ranching, but remnants of the original flora remain. It is threatened by the advance of the irriga ...
ecoregion.
It is the main source of water for
irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been devel ...
for the arid lands of Santiago del Estero. The
Los Quiroga Dam in the northwest, finished in 1956, provides water for that area, but has produced a decrease in the precipitations of the southeastern part of the province.
References
Rivers of Argentina
Rivers of Santiago del Estero Province
Ramsar sites in Argentina
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