Luján River
The Luján River runs from its source near Espora about 100 kilometres west of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to its outflow into the Río de la Plata north of the city. The first Megatherium fossil was found on the banks of the river in 1789.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Argentina
- Also known as: “Lujan River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Punta Chica train station and Estadio José Dellagiovanna.
Punta Chica train station
Railway stop
Photo: Pablogsola, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Punta Chica train station is a railway stop.
Estadio José Dellagiovanna
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Estadio José Dellagiovanna is a stadium in Victoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home venue of Club Atlético Tigre and was inaugurated in 1936. The stadium has a current capacity of 26,282 people.
Villa Ocampo
Museum
Photo: Beatrice Murch, CC BY 2.0.
Villa Ocampo is the former house of Victoria Ocampo, one of Argentina's greatest cultural figures, founder and director of Sur magazine. The house is located in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Béccar.
Victoria
Town
Victoria is a city in San Fernando Partido of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires. The city gradually grew around a railway station on the Ferrocarril Central Argentino, which had been named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Béccar
Town
Photo: Pablogsola, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beccar is a town located 17 km north of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is part of the partido of San Isidro in Gran Buenos Aires.
San Isidro
Town
Photo: Jaimetg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Isidro is a city in Greater Buenos Aires. It is located 27.9 km from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. It ranks as the province's most affluent neighborhood. San Isidro is situated 3 km south of Luján River.
Luján River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Luján River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Río Luján”
- Chinese: “盧漢河”
- Esperanto: “Luján”
- French: “Luján”
- German: “Río Luján”
- Irish: “Abhainn Luján”
- Italian: “Luján”
- Portuguese: “Rio Luján”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luján (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luján”
- Spanish: “Rio Lujan”
- Spanish: “Río Luján”
- Swedish: “Río Luján”
- Turkish: “Luján Nehri”
- Uzbek: “Luján daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Luján”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Punta Chica and Acassuso.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Estación Beccar and Puerto San Isidro.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Luján River”. Photo: STF!Bs.As. gestion, CC BY-SA 4.0.