Cuarto River

{{short description|River in Argentina}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Notability|geo|date=August 2024}}thumb|200px|The Cuarto River The '''Cuarto River''' ({{langx|es|Río Cuarto}}, 'Fourth River'), also known as the '''Saladillo River''', is a river of Argentina which crosses the southern part of the Province of Córdoba,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Doffo |first=Nelso |date=2024 |title=Changes in the meander belt and channel pattern in the middle-low segment of the Cuarto river. Córdoba. Argentina. |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105039 |access-date=2024-08-18 |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=144 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105039|bibcode=2024JSAES.14405039D |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and merges with the Tercero River to form the Carcarañá River (a tributary of the Paraná River via the Coronda River). The Cuarto River is also known as ''Cochancharava'', the name given to it by the Ranquel Indians.

The name Saladillo is generally used for the lower course, below the ''Bañado del Río Saladillo'' wetland.

== Rio de La Plata Expedition == Thomas Jefferson Page explored this river in September 1853 during the Rio de La Plata Expedition, which he led. The expedition's two aims were to map the Rio de La Plata estuary and the surrounding rivers of Uruguay and Parana for commerce, and to conduct various scientific studies for the Smithsonian Institution.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Page |first=Thomas J. |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t55d9244t&seq=78 |title=La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay. Being a narrative of the exploration of the tributaries of the River La Plata and adjacent countries during the years 1853, '54, '55 and '56, under the orders of the United States government. |publisher=New York : Harper & brothers |year=1859 |location=New York |pages=25-26, 76}}</ref>

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Category:Rivers of Argentina Category:Rivers of Córdoba Province, Argentina Category:Tributaries of the Paraná River