The Segundo River ( es, Río Segundo, 'Second River'), also known as Xanaes, is a river in the center-north of the

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. It is born in the Paravachasca Valley at the confluence of the Los Molinos and Anizacate rivers, on the eastern slopes of the Cumbres de Achala (Sierras Grandes), about

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. It flows west–east and its course forms a

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at the

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(at ), which is employed to generate

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. It then flows to the northeast and divides into two main arms, which empty in the Mar Chiquita

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, from its origin. The average inflow is . Together with the

Primero River The Primero River ( es, Río Primero, 'First River'), also known as Suquía (the name used by the Comechingones, the indigenous people), runs through the city of Córdoba, Argentina. The tributaries of the Primero (mainly the San Roque and Cos ...

(Suquía) and the Dulce River, it forms part of the basin of Central Argentina. On its path are located the following cities: Río Segundo, Pilar, Villa del Rosario, Tránsito, Arroyito,

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, Concepción del Tío, Marull, Balnearia and Altos de Chipión. The alternative name of ''Xanaes'' is said to have its origin in the Native American language of the Comechingones, and has been almost lost until the 1980s, when Xanaes was started being used in maps, perhaps to attract tourism with a more ''exotic'' name, but the population of the area continues to use the denomination ''Segundo''.

References

Hydrography of Córdoba
* ''Río Segundo'' in the

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