The Corriente River (Spanish, RÃÂo Corriente) is a river in the Argentine province of Corrientes, in the Mesopotamia. It flows from the ItatàLagoon, in the center-north of the province, and drains the large basin of the Iberá Wetlands, about . It flows southwest, across marshes (bañados), and empties into the flood plain of the Paraná River near the city of Esquina.