World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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SOUTH AMERICA

Paraguay, Uruguay & South Brazil

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Mirim Lagoon

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Pelotas
Iguaçu
Tropic of Capricorn
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
PARAGUAY
BRA
URUGUAY

ASUNCIÓN

MONTEVIDEO

Carazinho

Erechim

Guarapuava

Lajes

São Borja

Uruguaiana

Concepción

Coronel

Oviedo

Encarnación

General Eugenio A. Garay

Mariscal

Estigarribia

Pilar

Fuerte Olimpo

San Juan

Bautista

Villarrica

Caazapá

Pozo Colorado

Paysandú

Rivera

Salto

Artigas

Tacuarembó

Melo

Mercedes Durazno

Trinidad

Chuy

Dourados

Ourinhos

Lambaré

Fray Bentos

Las Piedras

San Carlos

Bauru

Blumenau

Canoas

Caxias do Sul

Curitiba

Florianópolis

Joinville

Londrina

Marília

Maringá

Passo Fundo

Pelotas

Ponta Grossa

Porto Alegre

Presidente

Prudente

Rio Grande

Santa Maria

São José do Rio Preto

Ciudad

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Bagé

Campo Grande

The Itaipú hydroelectric project is

able to produce more power than

10 average nuclear reactors; it supplies

19% of the electrical power consumption

of Brazil and 90% for Paraguay.

Formed by river deposits washed

down from the Andes and Brazilian

Shield, the Gran Chaco is virtually

free of stones. It is composed of

sand and silt sediments that are

up to 10,000 ft (3050 m) thick.