Río Negro

The Río Negro is a river in southern Brazil and central Uruguay. It rises in the southern highlands of , just east of , and flows west across the entire width of Uruguay to the Uruguay River.
  • Stream
  • …is also known as “Negro”
  • Description: river in Uruguay

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa Soriano.
is a town in the of . is situated 7 km east of Río Negro.
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Latitude
-33.39899° or 33° 23′ 56″ south
Longitude
-58.3919° or 58° 23′ 31″ west
Open location code
48R3JJ25+C6
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Río Negro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريو نيغرو”
  • Arabic: “نهر نيغرو”
  • Asturian: “ríu Negro”
  • Basque: “Negro ibaia (Uruguai)”
  • Basque: “Negro ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Рыа-Негра”
  • Belarusian: “Рыа-Нэгра”
  • Belarusian: “Рыё-Нэгра”
  • Breton: “Río Negro”
  • Bulgarian: “Рио Негро (приток на Уругвай)”
  • Bulgarian: “Рио Негро”
  • Catalan: “Río Negro”
  • Catalan: “Riu Negre”
  • Catalan: “Riu Negro”
  • Cebuano: “Rio Negro”
  • Chinese: “內格羅河”
  • Croatian: “Río Negro, rijeka”
  • Croatian: “Río Negro”
  • Czech: “Río Negro”
  • Dutch: “Río Negro”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريو نيجرو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ريو نيجرو”
  • Finnish: “Río Negro (Uruguay)”
  • Finnish: “Río Negro”
  • French: “Río Negro”
  • Georgian: “რიო-ნეგრო”
  • German: “Río Negro”
  • Hebrew: “ריו נגרו”
  • Hindi: “रिओ निग्रो”
  • Italian: “Río Negro”
  • Japanese: “ネグロ川”
  • Korean: “네그로강”
  • Latvian: “Rionegro (Urugvajas pieteka)”
  • Latvian: “Rionegro”
  • Lithuanian: “Negras”
  • Macedonian: “Рио Негро (Уругвај)”
  • Macedonian: “Рио Негро”
  • Northern Frisian: “Río Negro”
  • Persian: “ریو نگرو”
  • Polish: “Río Negro”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Negro”
  • Romanian: “Rio Negro, Uruguay”
  • Romanian: “Río Negro”
  • Russian: “Рио-Негро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rio Negro (Urugvaj)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rio Negro”
  • Slovenian: “Río Negro”
  • Spanish: “Río Negro”
  • Swedish: “Río Negro, Uruguay”
  • Swedish: “Río Negro”
  • Tatar: “Рио-Негро”
  • Ukrainian: “Ріо-Негро”
  • Welsh: “Rio Negro”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Isla Lobos and Isla Santiago Grande.

Uruguay: Highlights

Learn more about Montevideo and Salto.
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