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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodrigo Abd

AP PHOTOS: A river route for food and crime: The dual nature of a major South American waterway

Argentina Mighty River Photo Essay - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles (kilometers) south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100-mile (3,400-kilometer) waterway that carries much of the agricultural and mineral wealth of South America to the Atlantic.

The riverine waterway connects Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and carries much of the world’s soybeans, ore and minerals.

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