Carrasco Creek () is a
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
an stream, separating
Canelones Department
The Departamento de Canelones (; ) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by ...
and
Montevideo Department
Montevideo () is a department (''departamento'') of Uruguay.
It is by far the smallest department in area, but also by far the most populated. Its capital is the city of Montevideo, which is also the national capital. While most of the departme ...
. It flows from the Carrasco Swamps into the
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata (; ), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...
.
It is one of the most contaminated water streams in the country.
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See also
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List of rivers of Uruguay
This is a list of rivers in Uruguay. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Uruguay drain to the Atlantic Ocean.
* Río de la Plata
** Uruguay River
*** San S ...
References
External links
Rivers of Uruguay
Rivers of Montevideo Department
Rivers of Canelones Department
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