In both cases, the power installations are situated on the neighbouring departments of Durazno and Soriano respectively.

It discharges into Río Uruguay about 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of San Javier and opposite the city of Argentina Concepción del Uruguay, forming at its mouth a sandy beach named Playa Arroyo Negro.

The second and smaller hill range, in the west part of the department, is the Cuchilla de Navarro.

The main agricultural products are flax, sunflower, wheat, maize, grains, grapes, amongst others.

The investment in the project is about 1 billion USD and the factory will directly or indirectly employ more than 8,000 people.

On 30 April 2005 about 40,000 [citation needed] Argentinians from Entre Ríos, along with environmental groups from both countries, blocked an international bridge and demanded the Argentine government to intercede before the Uruguayan one to stop the building of the factory, claiming it will gravely pollute the Uruguay River.

On 20 December 2005 a World Bank study concluded that the factory would not have a negative impact on the environment or tourism in either country, however, this was not accepted by the environmental groups, who blocked again the bridge (partially blocking the bridge near Paysandu, as well) several times near the end of 2005.