Paraguay River
The Paraguay River is a major river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows approximately 2,549 km from its headwaters in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to its confluence with the Parana River north of Corrientes.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
- Also known as: “Along the Paraguay River”, “Fleuve Paraguay”, “Mto Paraguay”, “Paraguaium Flumen”, “Paraguay rivier”, “Paraguay-joki”, “Paraguayjoki”, “Paragvaj-Rivero”, “Paragvaja Rivero”, “Paragvajaus upė”, “Rijeka Paragvaj”, “Río Paraguái”, “río Paraguay”, “Riu Paraguay”, “rivière Paraguay”, “Ysyryguasu Paraguái”, “Ysysry Paraguay”, “Парагвай (рака)”, “Парагвай (река)”, “Река Парагвай”, “Рио Парагвай”, and “파라구아이 강”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isla del Cerrito and Paso de Patria.
Paso de Patria
Town
Paso de Patria is a town at the Argentina–Paraguay border, in the Ñeembucú department of Paraguay. Paso de Patria is situated 8 km northeast of Paraguay River.
Paraguay River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Argentina, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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”
- Bengali: “প্যারাগুয়ে নদী”
- Bengali: “প্যারাগুয়ে নদীর ধারে”
- Bosnian: “Paragvaj”
- Breton: “Paraguay”
- Bulgarian: “Парагвай”
- Catalan: “Riu Paraguai”
- Cebuano: “Paraguay River”
- Chinese: “巴拉圭河”
- Chuvash: “Парагвай”
- Croatian: “Paragvaj”
- Czech: “Paraguay”
- Danish: “Río Paraguay”
- Dutch: “Paraguay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر باراجواى”
- Esperanto: “Paragvajo”
- Esperanto: “rivero Paragvajo”
- Estonian: “Paraguay jõgi”
- Finnish: “Paraguay”
- French: “Paraguay”
- French: “Río Paraguay”
- Galician: “Río Paraguai”
- Georgian: “პარაგვაი”
- German: “Río Paraguay”
- Greek: “Παραγουάης”
- Guarani: “Ysyry Paraguái”
- Hebrew: “פרגוואי”
- Hindi: “पैराग्वे नदी”
- Hungarian: “Paraguay”
- Ido: “Fluvio Paraguay”
- Ido: “Paraguay fluvio”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Paraguay”
- Irish: “Abhainn Pharagua”
- Italian: “Paraguay”
- Japanese: “パラグアイ川”
- Javanese: “Kali paraguay”
- Kazakh: “Парагвай (өзен)”
- Kazakh: “Парагвай”
- Kirghiz: “Парагвай дарыясы”
- Korean: “파라과이강”
- Latin: “Flumen Paraguaium”
- Latin: “Paraquarium”
- Latvian: “Paragvaja (upe)”
- Latvian: “Paragvaja”
- 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: “Río Paraguay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Paraguay”
- Norwegian: “Paraguay”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Riu Paraguai”
- Ossetian: “Парагвай”
- Persian: “پاراگوئه”
- Persian: “رود پاراگوئه”
- Polish: “Paragwaj”
- Portuguese: “Rio Paraguai”
- Pushto: “پاراګوای سيند”
- Quechua: “Parawayi mayu”
- Romanian: “Râul Paraguay”
- Russian: “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: “Río Paraguay”
- Swahili: “Paraguay”
- Swedish: “Paraguayfloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำปารากวัย”
- Turkish: “Paraguay Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Парагвай”
- Uzbek: “Paragvay (daryo)”
- Uzbek: “Paragvay”
- Venetian: “Fiume Paraguay”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Paraguay”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Paraguay”
- Welsh: “Afon Paragwái”
- Wu Chinese: “巴拉圭河”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Puerto Itá Pirú and Paso de la Patria.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Laguna Sirena and Isla Brasilera.
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