It was discovered by Juan Díaz de Solis in 1516 and received its present name from the Italian-born navigator Sebastian Cabot.
It was discovered by Juan Díaz de Solis in 1516 and received its present name from the Italian-born navigator Sebastian Cabot. It is 200 kilometers wide at its mouth and tapers gradually inland for a distance of 300 kilometers to the delta of the Paraná River. It is an estuary of the combined Paraná and Uruguay rivers, and forms a marine inlet between Uruguay and Argentina. An artificial harbor has been constructed at Buenos Aires, but its best natural harbor is at Montevideo. FTP, identify this estuary in South American whose name translates as "River Plate."
It was discovered by Juan Díaz de Solis in 1516 and received its present name from the Italian-born navigator Sebastian Cabot.
{Río de la Plata}