page_title: Merlo Partido
section_title: Hydrography
hierarchical_section_title: Merlo Partido / Hydrography
caption_attribution_description: Arroyo Torres or Torres Creek. This is a highly contaminated water course that runs across Parque San Martín and drains in the Reconquista River.
context_page_description: Merlo is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, west of the city of Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of Merlo.
  The region of the present-day partido was colonized shortly after the second, and permanent founding of Buenos Aires. In 1730 an interim parish was founded near the estancia of Francisco de Merlo. In 1755 Merlo founded the town of Villa San Antonio del Camino, which was renamed later in his honour. For many years, the development of Merlo lagged behind the growth of nearby Morón. In 1865 the region was officially declared a partido.
context_section_description: Merlo's creeks are both tributaries Reconquista and Matanza Rivers. The 54% of the territory belongs to the Reconquista drainage basin and the following creeks or arroyos drain in the Reconquista River: Arroyo Gómez, Cañada de Smith, Arroyo Torres and Arroyo de La Cañada del Molino; the following creeks drain in the Matanza River: Arroyo Saladero, Aroyo de Las Víboras, Arroyo del Pantano Grande, Cañada del Bajo Hondo and Cañada 11 de Octubre. Most of those water courses are highly contaminated. The Reconquista floods were recurrent in the past, the biggest in recent years were in 1985 and 2000; these ones affected to the poorest population, established at its riverside.
caption: Arroyo Torres, (Torres Creek), Parque San Martín, Merlo. It is a highly contaminated water course, tributary of the Reconquista River.
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