The Tercero River ( Spanish : Río Tercero , 'Third River'), also known as Ctalamochita , is the river in Córdoba Province of Argentina.
5-584: Río Tercero may refer to: Tercero River Río Tercero, Córdoba [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Río_Tercero&oldid=941424985 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
10-689: A deformation of the Spanish mucho or muchito , finally meaning "area of many trees". The name Tercero became more common since the 18th century, being the third of five rivers counting from Córdoba city. Of them, the Tercero and the Cuarto (fourth) are the only ones to reach, indirectly, the Paraná River, being therefore tributaries to the Río de la Plata Basin . The river has the following bridges from Piedras Moras dum to
15-681: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tercero River It originates in the Sierras de Córdoba near Cerro Champaquí and Calamuchita Valley, in an area of annual precipitation of between 600 and 1,000 millimetres (24 and 39 in). Leaving the valley, it reaches the plains where four dams have been constructed, called Cerro Pelado Dam , Arroyo Corto Dam , Embalse Río Tercero — with 54.3 square kilometres (21.0 sq mi) built in 1936 — and Piedras Moras, which serve as flow regulators and produce hydroelectricity . The reservoirs created by
20-707: The Saladillo River (also called the Cuarto River ) to form the Carcarañá River , a tributary of the Paraná River . Among the most important cities on the path of the Tercero are Río Tercero , Villa María , Villa Nueva , Bell Ville and Leones . The word Ctalamochita (from which the term Calamuchita derives) seems to be a mixture of the Native American term ctala or tala , meaning "important tree", and
25-509: The dams are also used for tourism and recreation, including water sports and fishing. It has a water flow of 27.17 cubic metres per second (959 cu ft/s), and flows 307 kilometres (191 mi) before reaching the Carcarañá River . The river navigable for small- to medium-sized boats as it flows through the plains. It flows eastward into the Humid Pampas , which has an average rainfall of 730 millimetres (29 in) per year. It joins
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