Pilcomayo

[ peel-kaw-mah-yaw ]

noun

1. a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1,000 miles (1,610 km) long.

Pilcomayo

/ pilkoˈmajo /

noun

1. a river in S central South America, rising in W central Bolivia and flowing southeast, forming the border between Argentina and Paraguay, to the Paraguay River at Asunción. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)

Example Sentences

In Paraguay, alongside the Pilcomayo River, black vultures flew over a shrinking pond where a group of crocodilian reptiles known as yacare caimans sought refuge.

From Reuters

The Pilcomayo River, which descends from the Andes mountains in Bolivia, is at its lowest level of the past 19 years in Paraguay, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.

From Reuters

The Agropil lagoon, which is fed by water from the Pilcomayo River, is surrounded by trees and dry cracked ground.

From Reuters

This wandering is largely related to the significant amounts of sediment the Pilcomayo transports downstream—some 140 million tons of sediment every year, one of the highest amounts in the world.

From National Geographic

It has now been nearly a hundred years since the Pilcomayo’s main channel connected with the Paraguay River in Asunción.

From National Geographic