[5] At 20°20' South latitude it turns east and cuts through the Serrania Recete, meandering past San Juan del Pirai.

[6] After the village of Oquita, the Parapetí River enters the Gran Chaco, flows east past San Antonio del Parapeti,[7] and then northeast and then north into the marshes of the Bañados de Izozog.

[8] The wetland of the Bañados del Izozog in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz receives most of its water from the Parapetí River, but also has other smaller tributaries from a predominantly western direction.

[9] On 17 September 2001, the wetlands of the Parapetí River and the Bañados del Izozog were designated under the Ramsar Convention and received international protection.

[10] Part of the wetlands was included within the Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area.