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Plata River   /plˈɑtə rˈɪvər/   Listen
Plata River

noun
1.
An estuary between Argentina and Uruguay.  Synonyms: La Plata, Rio de la Plata.





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"Plata River" Quotes from Famous Books



... went on his way; but sent back a ship to the king of Portugal with the news that the new-found land lay east of the Line of Demarcation. The king dispatched (1501) an expedition which explored the coast southward nearly as far as the mouth of the Plata River. ...
— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster
... the classic explanation has been that all silky substances that fall from the sky are spider webs. In 1832, aboard the Beagle, at the mouth of La Plata River, 60 miles from land, Darwin saw an enormous number of spiders, of the kind usually known as "gossamer" spiders, little aeronauts that cast out filaments by which the wind ...
— The Book of the Damned • Charles Fort


Words linked to "Plata River" :   estuary, Argentina, Uruguay, Argentine Republic


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