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RIO NEGRO

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NEGRO , a territory of See also:Argentina lying between, the See also:Colorado See also:river and the 42nd parallel S. See also:lat., within the See also:geographical See also:area formerly known as See also:Patagonia, bounded N. by the. territories of See also:Neuquen. and La See also:Pampa, E. by the See also:province of Buenos Aires and the See also:Atlantic, S by the territory of See also:Chubut and W. by See also:Chile and Neuquen. Area, about 75,924 sq. m.; pop. (1895) 9241 (1904, estimate) 18,648. That See also:part of it lying between the Colorado and Negro See also:rivers has much of the formation and characteristics of the " sterile See also:pampas," but with See also:irrigation the greater part of it can be utilized for See also:agriculture and grazing. See also:South of the Negro the See also:country is arid, barren and lies in See also:great See also:shingle-covered terraces sloping eastward to the Atlantic; its larger part is practically uninhabitable, only the river valleys and the See also:foot-hills of the See also:Andes having a See also:regular See also:water See also:supply. The rivers of the territory are the Colorado, which forms a part of its See also:northern boundary, and the Negro, formed by thec See also:cone fluence of the Limay (which forms part of the western boundary) and Neuquen on the boundary between Rio Negro territory and the territory of Neuquen. These rivers have no tributaries of importance within the territory, but the Limay receives some small streams from the Andean slopes. See also:Lake Nahuel-Huapi lies partly in this territory (see NEUQUEN), and there are several small Iakes scattered ' over the shingly See also:steppes. The Atlantic See also:coast-See also:line of the territory has one deep indentation—the Gulf of See also:San Matias--but, owing to the arid surroundings, there are no ports or. towns upon it.. The only See also:industry of importance is grazing, See also:cattle being raised for export to Chile, and a few See also:sheep for their See also:wool. The See also:capital is Viedma (pop. in 1895, estimate, 1soo), on the right See also:bank of the Rio Negro, 22 M. from its mouth and opposite Carmen de Patagones, a See also:town and See also:port of Buenos Aires. There are other small settlements on the Rio Negro, which is navigable up to the Neuquen frontier (about 450 m.), but the only See also:place of importance-is See also:General Roca (about 2300), a military and supply station situated a few See also:miles below the confluence of the Limay and Neuquen rivers and connected with See also:Bahia Blanca and Buenos Aires by a See also:branch of the Great See also:Southern railway.

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