Paraguay River

The Paraguay River is a major river in south central , running through , , and . It flows approximately 2,549 km from its headwaters in the Brazilian state of to its confluence with the Parana River north of .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
  • Also known as: Along the Paraguay River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isla del Cerrito and Paso de Patria.

Village
is a village and municipality of the in Northern , at the Argentina–Paraguay border…

Town
is a town at the Argentina–Paraguay border, in the Ñeembucú department of . is situated 8 km northeast of Paraguay River.

Paraguay River

Latitude
-27.28842° or 27° 17′ 18″ south
Longitude
-58.60778° or 58° 36′ 28″ west
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
5843P96R+JV
Geo­Names ID
3437596
Wiki­data ID
Q179396
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Paraguay River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Río Paraguay
  • Arabic: نهر باراغواي
  • Armenian: Պարագվայ
  • Asturian: Ríu Paraguái
  • Azerbaijani: Paraqvay çayı
  • Basque: Paraguai ibaia
  • Basque: Paraguai
  • Belarusian: Парагвай (рака)
  • Belarusian: Парагвай
  • Bengali: প্যারাগুয়ে নদী
  • Bengali: প্যারাগুয়ে নদীর ধারে
  • Bosnian: Paragvaj
  • Breton: Paraguay
  • Bulgarian: Парагвай
  • Bulgarian: Рио Парагвай
  • Catalan: Paraguai
  • Catalan: Riu Paraguai
  • Catalan: Riu Paraguay
  • Cebuano: Paraguay River
  • Chinese: Paraguay Hô
  • Chinese: 巴拉圭河
  • Chuvash: Парагвай
  • Croatian: Paragvaj
  • Croatian: Rijeka Paragvaj
  • Czech: Paraguay
  • Danish: Río Paraguay
  • Dutch: Paraguay rivier
  • Dutch: Paraguay
  • Dutch: Rio Paraguay
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر باراجواى
  • Esperanto: Paragvaj-Rivero
  • Esperanto: Paragvaja Rivero
  • Esperanto: Paragvajo
  • Esperanto: rivero Paragvajo
  • Estonian: Paraguay jõgi
  • Finnish: Paraguay-joki
  • Finnish: Paraguay
  • Finnish: Paraguayjoki
  • Finnish: Rio Paraguai
  • Finnish: Rio Paraguay
  • Finnish: Río Paraguay
  • French: Fleuve Paraguay
  • French: Paraguay
  • French: Rio Paraguai
  • French: Rio Paraguay
  • French: río Paraguay
  • French: Río Paraguay
  • French: rivière Paraguay
  • Galician: Río Paraguai
  • Georgian: პარაგვაი
  • German: Paraguay
  • German: Río Paraguai
  • German: Rio Paraguay
  • German: Río Paraguay
  • Greek: Παραγουάης
  • Guarani: Río Paraguái
  • Guarani: Río Paraguay
  • Guarani: Ysyry Paraguái
  • Guarani: Ysyryguasu Paraguái
  • Guarani: Ysysry Paraguay
  • Hebrew: פרגוואי
  • Hindi: पैराग्वे नदी
  • Hungarian: Paraguay
  • Ido: Fluvio Paraguay
  • Ido: Paraguay fluvio
  • Ido: Paraguay
  • Indonesian: Sungai Paraguay
  • Irish: Abhainn Pharagua
  • Italian: Paraguay
  • Italian: Rio Paraguai
  • Italian: Rio Paraguay
  • Japanese: パラグアイ川
  • Javanese: Kali paraguay
  • Kazakh: Парагвай (өзен)
  • Kazakh: Парагвай
  • Kirghiz: Парагвай дарыясы
  • Korean: 파라과이강
  • Korean: 파라구아이 강
  • Latin: Flumen Paraguaium
  • Latin: Paraguaium Flumen
  • Latin: Paraquarium
  • Latvian: Paragvaja (upe)
  • Latvian: Paragvaja
  • Lithuanian: Paragvajaus upė
  • Lithuanian: Paragvajus
  • Macedonian: Парагвај (река)
  • Macedonian: Парагвај
  • Malagasy: Rio Paraguay
  • Marathi: पेराग्वे नदी
  • Mazanderani: پاراگوئه درکا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Paraguay Hô
  • Mingrelian: პარაგვაი
  • Mongolian: Парагвай мөрөн
  • Moroccan Arabic: لواد د پاراݣواي
  • Northern Frisian: Rio Paraguay
  • Northern Frisian: Río Paraguay
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Paraguay
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Paraguai
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Paraguay
  • Norwegian: Paraguay
  • Occitan (post 1500): Riu Paraguai
  • Ossetian: Парагвай
  • Persian: پاراگوئه
  • Persian: رود پاراگوئه
  • Polish: Paragwaj
  • Portuguese: Rio Paraguai
  • Portuguese: Rio Paraguay
  • Pushto: پاراګوای سيند
  • Quechua: Parawayi mayu
  • Romanian: Râul Paraguay
  • Russian: Парагвай (река)
  • Russian: Парагвай
  • Russian: Река Парагвай
  • Rusyn: Параґвай (ріка)
  • Rusyn: Параґвай
  • Scots: Paraguay River
  • Serbian: Парагвај
  • Serbo-Croatian: Paragvaj
  • Shona: Rwizi Paragwai
  • Slovak: Paraguaj
  • Slovak: Paraguay
  • Slovenian: Paragvaj
  • Spanish: Paraguay
  • Spanish: Rio Paraguay
  • Spanish: Río Paraguay
  • Swahili: Mto Paraguay
  • Swahili: Paraguay
  • Swedish: Paraguay River
  • Swedish: Paraguay
  • Swedish: Paraguayfloden
  • Swedish: Rio Paraguay
  • Swedish: Río Paraguay
  • Thai: แม่น้ำปารากวัย
  • Turkish: Paraguay Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Парагвай
  • Uzbek: Paragvay (daryo)
  • Uzbek: Paragvay
  • Venetian: Fiume Paraguay
  • Vietnamese: Paraguay
  • Vietnamese: Río Paraguay
  • Vietnamese: Sông Paraguay
  • Waray (Philippines): Salog Paraguay
  • Welsh: Afon Paragwái
  • Welsh: Río Paraguay
  • Wu Chinese: 巴拉圭河

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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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 Wikivoyage page “Paraguay River”. Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5 br.