Riachuelo is a word in the

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, meaning a small river with little current or a brook or an arroyo. Riachuelo may also refer to:

Places

Argentina

Riachuelo River The Matanza River is a stream in Argentina that originates in the Buenos Aires Province and defines the southern boundary of the Buenos Aires federal district. It empties into the Río de la Plata between Tandanor and Dock Sud. The La Boca neig ...

or Matanza River, a stream in the Buenos Aires Province *

Villa Riachuelo Villa Riachuelo is a ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located at the southernmost end of the city, Villa Riachuelo is bordered by the ''barrios'' of Villa Lugano to the north and Villa Soldati to the northeast, the Buenos A ...

, a barrio of Buenos Aires

Brazil

Riachuelo, Rio de Janeiro Riachuelo is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-larges ...

, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *

Riachuelo, Sergipe Riachuelo (''English'': Stream link) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 10,284 (2020) and covers . Riachuelo has a population density of 130 inhabitants per ...

, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Sergipe * Riachuelo, Rio Grande do Norte, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte

Chile

Riachuelo, Chile Riachuelo is a village west of the town of Río Negro in south-central Chile. It lies along to Chile Route U-72. It had 801 inhabitants as of 2017. References Populated places in Osorno Province {{LosLagos-geo-stub ...

, a village in

Osorno Province Osorno Province () is one of the four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Los Lagos (X). The province has an area of and a population of 221,496 distributed across seven communes ( Spanish: ''comunas''). The provincial capital is the c ...

, south-central Chile

Battle

Battle of the Riachuelo A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

, a naval battle in the Paraguayan War named for Riachuelo stream, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Ships

* Brazilian battleship ''Riachuelo'', an 1883 Brazilian ironclad battleship * Brazilian battleship ''Riachuelo'' (1914), a Brazilian battleship cancelled due to World War I * Brazilian submarine ''Riachuelo'' (S22), a 1975 ''Oberon''-class submarine now a museum ship in Rio de Janeiro * Brazilian submarine ''Riachuelo'' (S40), a brazilian submarine, leader of Riachuelo Class

Companies

Lojas Riachuelo Lojas Riachuelo (English: ''Riachuelo Stores'') is a Brazilian department store company founded in 1947 in the city of Natal, Brazil. Currently, the company operates 302 stores. The company its headquartered in Natal, and have a central office ...

, a Brazilian department store company

Films

* ''Riachuelo'' (film), 1934 film directed by

Luis Moglia Barth Luis Moglia Barth (12 April 1903 - 18 June 1984) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, often screen ...

Geology

* The

Riachuelo Formation The Riachuelo Formation is a geologic Formation (stratigraphy), formation of the Early Cretaceous, Early to Late Cretaceous (Aptian, Late Aptian to Cenomanian) age in northeastern Brazil's Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. It is the first Formation of the B ...

, an Early to Late

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...

geological formation, located near Riachuelo, Sergipe State, Brazil {{disambiguation, geo