SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The High Paraná section of the river begins at the Itaipu Dam and ends at the tri-national border of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. This portion of the river is 1, 208 miles (1, 944 km) and flows southwest and then west along the borders of Paraguay and Argentina from the Iguaçu River.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Parana is South America’s second largest river (the Amazon being the largest), and the river and its tributaries are important transportation routes for landlocked cities in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.

Detailed explanation-3: -With an area of about 2 800 000 square km, the Paraná River’s drainage basin is the second largest on the continent. Its drainage system includes the greater part of southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, southeastern Bolivia and northern Argentina.