The Tupungato River (in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: ''Río Tupungato'') is a

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located in the western zone of the

Mendoza Province Mendoza (), officially the Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the r ...

called Uco Valley (in Spanish: ''Valle de Uco''), flows in

Luján de Cuyo Luján de Cuyo is the district capital of the Luján de Cuyo Department located in the west of the Mendoza Province of Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Mendoza metropolitan area. Wine It was the first delineated appellation for the purpos ...

and

Tupungato Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andes, Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the Argentina–Chile border, between the Chilean Metropolitan Region (near a major international highway about ...

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, to the west of

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. It arises on the Del Plomo and Del Juncal glaciers in the north of the

Mountain and ends at the

Mendoza River The Mendoza River is a river in the provinces of Argentina, province of Mendoza Province, Mendoza, Argentina.

. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

has an area of 1,858 km² and is located in . Its source elevation is of 4,251

AMSL Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level v ...

. The Tupungato is a dangerous river specially from November to March (around the summer), when the ice begins to melt and increases its force. Tributaries: Plomo River and Blanco River I.

External links

Basin of the Tupungato River by Luis Alberto Fornero
(in Spanish) T Rivers of Argentina {{Argentina-river-stub