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Directory of Wetlands of International Importance: Neotropical Region - Descriptions of South American wetlands covered by the Ramsar Convention. (This is the first of 2 web pages.)
www.ramsar.org/lib_dir_4_2.htm
Pilcomayo River Basin Project - Describes the river and plans for restoring hydraulic conditions and water quality in Argentina that have been degraded by sedimentation and mining effluents.
www.gci.ch/GreenCrossPrograms/waterres/water/pilcomayo.html
The Amazon River - Some facts and information about the Amazon River in South America.
www.mbarron.net/Amazon
The Pilcomayo river basin study: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay - Describes a study undertaken in 1975-1977 to find ways to regulate and develop the Pilcomayo River and its 272,000 km2 trinational basin.
www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea03e/ch08.htm
The Transport and Fate of Heavy Metals Within the Pilcomayo River Basin, Bolivia - Research on the transport and environmental impacts of mine effluents in Bolivia and downstream in Argentina and Paraguay.
wcuvax1.wcu.edu/~jmiller/picomayo.htm