The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 332 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Uruo-uay will be transformed to an affluent of the Parana. Meanwhile it main- tains a semi-independent existence, and in former geological times it was an entirely distinct watercourse. Besides the Uruguay the Republic has no running waters except a few small coast streams, and those rivers which discharge into the Lagoa Mirim and the S. Gonçalo, and which consequently belong to the basin of the Brazilian Rio Grande. Fig. 139.—La Plata Estuakt. Scale 1 : 3,500,000.'
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 332 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Uruo-uay will be transformed to an affluent of the Parana. Meanwhile it main- tains a semi-independent existence, and in former geological times it was an entirely distinct watercourse. Besides the Uruguay the Republic has no running waters except a few small coast streams, and those rivers which discharge into the Lagoa Mirim and the S. Gonçalo, and which consequently belong to the basin of the Brazilian Rio Grande. Fig. 139.—La Plata Estuakt. Scale 1 : 3,500,000.' 0 to 0 Feet. Depths. 6<^o 16 Feet. 10 to 32 Feet. 32 to 64 Feet. 64 to .eo Feet. 80 Feet and upwards GO Miles. All these rivers—Cebollati, Tacuari, and Yaguaron (Jaguarao)—have their lower course fringed by marshes into which they overflow during the wet season. Climate. Being almost surrounded by water, Uruguay enjoys a marine climate, at least compared with that of the pampas regions. Nevertheless there is still a great
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