在南美洲阿根廷和乌拉圭两国交界线上,有一条自西北向东南的河流。河面开阔,水深流急,日夜奔腾的河水倾入碧波荡漾的大西洋。这就是南美洲的第二大河——拉普拉塔河。“拉普拉塔”在西班牙语里意为银子。16世纪初,西班牙探险队发现了这条大河。他们看到岸上的印第安人佩戴着各种银质装饰品,以为这里就是传说中非常富庶的“白银帝国”,于是便把这条河命名为拉普拉塔河。实际上这里并不产银,银子来自玻利维亚境内的波托西银矿。尽管征服者后来也发觉了这一错误,但“拉普拉塔”这个名字却沿用至今。拉普拉塔河由巴拉那河和乌拉圭河汇合而成。从两河交汇点到注入大西洋的河 At the intersection of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, there is a river from northwest to southeast. The river is open, the water depth and urgency, day and night the Pentium into the blue waves of the Atlantic Ocean. This is the second largest river in South America - La Plata River. La Plata means silver in Spanish. Early 16th century, the Spanish expedition discovered the river. They saw the shore of the Indians wearing a variety of silver ornaments, that this is the legendary very rich “silver empire”, so he named the river for the Plata River. In fact there is no silver, silver from Potosi silver mine in Bolivia. Although the Conqueror later spotted this error, the name “La Plata” was still in use today. The Rio de la Plata River from the Parana River and the Uruguay River convergence. From the intersection of the two rivers to the river that injected into the Atlantic