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. References Further reading External links Merlo Newspaper Mariano Acosta Newspaper InfoBAN - Noticias de Merlo City of San Antonio de Padua City of Libertad City of Pontevedra Asociación Civil Arte y Cultura de Merlo 1864 establishments in Argentina Partidos of Buenos Aires Province