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Geomorphological and Physical Characteristics of the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

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Estuaries of South America

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Abstract

Located at the southwest of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Fig. 9.1) is considered the second largest estuary in the country after the Río de la Plata. However, its geomorphologic and physical characteristics vary significantly from all other estuaries in Argentina and South America. Actually The Wash, located in the United Kingdom, is probably the only estuary in the world that have general characteristics quite similar to Bahía Blanca.

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  1. Gerardo M. E. Perillo
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  1. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, CC 107, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Gerardo M. E. Perillo  & María Cintia Piccolo  & 

  2. Departamento de Geología, San Juan 670, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Gerardo M. E. Perillo

  3. Departamento de Geografía, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    María Cintia Piccolo

  4. Instituto de Geociencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile

    Mario Pino-Quivira

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Perillo, G.M.E., Piccolo, M.C. (1999). Geomorphological and Physical Characteristics of the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina. In: Perillo, G.M.E., Piccolo, M.C., Pino-Quivira, M. (eds) Estuaries of South America. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60131-6_9

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