Editing Colorado River (Argentina) (section)

==Course==
Its sources are on the eastern slopes of the [[Andes]] in the same latitude as the [[Chile]]an volcano [[Tinguiririca (volcano)|Tinguiririca]] (about 34° 48' S.) and the river takes a generally east-southeast course toward the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. After leaving the vicinity of the Andes, the Colorado flows through a barren, arid territory, and receives no tributary of note except the [[Desaguadero River (Argentina)|Salado]] (or ''Curacó'') from [[La Pampa Province]]—although it was once an outlet of the now-closed lake basin of [[Laguna Urre Lauquen]]. The bottom lands of the Colorado, in its course across [[Patagonia]], are fertile and wooded, but too small in area to support more than a small, scattered population. The river ends about {{convert|100|to|120|km|mi}} south of [[Bahía Blanca]], through several channels of a [[river delta|delta]] of the ''Unión Bay'' extending from latitude 39° 30' to 39° 50' S. Its total length is about {{convert|1000|km|mi}}, of which about {{convert|300|km|mi}}, from the coast up to [[Pichi Mahuida]], are navigable for vessels of up to {{convert|2|m|ft|0}} [[Draft (hull)|draft]].<ref name=eb11>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Colorado River (Argentine Republic)|display=Colorado River, a stream in the south of the Argentine Republic}}</ref> It is nearly {{convert|2000|km|mi}} if calculated [[Desaguadero River (Argentina)|Río Desaguadero]] within.