Buenos Aires is in northwest of the bay. Note the turbidity front, and freshwater flow channels.
Marine ecoregion boundaries (inside red line)
Ecology
Realm
Temperate South America
Province
Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic
Geography
Country
Uruguay, Argentina
The Rio de la Plata marine ecoregion covers the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, between the shores of Argentina an Uruguay and inshore of the continental shelf of the Uruguay - Buenos Aires Shelf marine ecoregion. The ecoregion is an important reproductive and nursery ground for marine life, as the river runoff provides nutrients for larval and juvenile phases, the shallow and protective waters admit light, and there is of mixing fresh and salt waters. The region is in the Warm Temperate Southwest Atlantic marine province, a part of the Tropical Atlantic realm.
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