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.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Uruguay
  • Also known as: Negro” and “Rio Negro

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa Soriano.

Town
is a town in the of . Historically, it was also known as Santo Domingo de Soriano. It had acquired the status of "Villa" before the Independence of Uruguay. is situated 7 km east of Río Negro.

Río Negro

Latitude
-33.39899° or 33° 23′ 56″ south
Longitude
-58.3919° or 58° 23′ 31″ west
Open location code
48R3JJ25+C6
Geo­Names ID
3441508
Wiki­data ID
Q859548
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Satellite Map

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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: Рака Рыа-Негра
  • 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: Rio Negro
  • French: río Negro
  • French: Río Negro
  • Georgian: რიო-ნეგრო
  • German: Río Negro
  • Hebrew: ריו נגרו
  • Hindi: रिओ निग्रो
  • Hindi: रिओ नीग्रो
  • Italian: Rio Negro
  • 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: Rio Negro
  • Northern Frisian: Río Negro
  • Persian: ریو نگرو
  • Polish: Río Negro
  • Portuguese: Rio Negro
  • Romanian: Rio Negro, Uruguay
  • Romanian: Rio Negro
  • Romanian: Río Negro
  • Russian: Рио-Негро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rio Negro (Urugvaj)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rio Negro
  • Slovenian: Río Negro
  • Spanish: Rio Negro
  • Spanish: río Negro
  • Spanish: Río Negro
  • Swedish: Río Negro, Uruguay
  • Swedish: Río Negro
  • Tatar: Рио-Негро
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Негро
  • Welsh: Rio Negro
  • Rio Negro

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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 Wikipedia page “Río Negro”. Photo: Tano4595, CC BY-SA 3.0.