Fluvial Wars (Spanish: Guerras Fluviales; Portuguese: Guerras Fluviais), or Big Stream Wars, or, more recently, Continental Wars, is the name given by historians to a series of major continental wars that took place in 19th century South America. The name is due to these wars being fought around some of the continent's big rivers - namely River Plate, San Francisco River, and Paraguay River. All wars happened in the mid-century between 1825 and 1875, and were decisive to shape the continent's political frontiers. The main Fluvial Wars were: River Plate War (Spanish: Guerra del Río de La Plata);
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| - Fluvial Wars (Spanish: Guerras Fluviales; Portuguese: Guerras Fluviais), or Big Stream Wars, or, more recently, Continental Wars, is the name given by historians to a series of major continental wars that took place in 19th century South America. The name is due to these wars being fought around some of the continent's big rivers - namely River Plate, San Francisco River, and Paraguay River. All wars happened in the mid-century between 1825 and 1875, and were decisive to shape the continent's political frontiers. The main Fluvial Wars were: River Plate War (Spanish: Guerra del Río de La Plata);
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| - Fluvial Wars (Spanish: Guerras Fluviales; Portuguese: Guerras Fluviais), or Big Stream Wars, or, more recently, Continental Wars, is the name given by historians to a series of major continental wars that took place in 19th century South America. The name is due to these wars being fought around some of the continent's big rivers - namely River Plate, San Francisco River, and Paraguay River. All wars happened in the mid-century between 1825 and 1875, and were decisive to shape the continent's political frontiers. The main Fluvial Wars were: River Plate War (Spanish: Guerra del Río de La Plata); Uruguay River War (Spanish: Guerra del Uruguay; Portuguese: Guerra do Uruguai) Upper Parana River War (Portuguese: Guerra do Paraná) Parnaiba War (Portuguese: Guerra do Parnaíba) San Francisco River War (Portuguese: Guerra do São Francisco or Guerra do Sertão); Tocantins River War (Portuguese: Guerra do Tocantins) War of Paraguay (Spanish: Guerra de Paraguay [In Paraguay: La Guerra Grande]; Portuguese: Guerra do Paraguai)
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