Rio Cuareim

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Rio Cuareim
Río Cuareim in Artigas Department, Uruguay

Río Cuareim in Artigas Department, Uruguay

Data
location South America , Brazil , Uruguay
River system Río de la Plata
Drain over Uruguay  → La Plata  → Atlantic
muzzle Río Uruguay Coordinates: 30 ° 11 ′ 10 ″  S , 57 ° 36 ′ 15 ″  W 30 ° 11 ′ 10 ″  S , 57 ° 36 ′ 15 ″  W.

length 351 km
Catchment area 14,865 km²
Left tributaries Arroyo de la Invernada , Arroyo Sepulturas , Arroyo del Tigre , Arroyo de María Lemos , Arroyo Catalán Grande , Arroyo Piedra Pintada , Arroyo Guayubirá , Arroyo Pintado Grande , Arroyo Pintadito , Arroyo Tamanduá , Arroyo Chiflero , Arroyo de la Aruera , Arroyo de Lemos , Arroyo Guaviyú , Arroyo de la Raposa , Arroyo NN, Arroyo Yacot , Arroyo Yacaré Grande , Arroyo del Cortado , Arroyo Tres Cruces Grande , Arroyo Cuaró Grande , Arroyo Yucutujá

The Río Cuareim ( Portuguese : Rio Quaraí ) is a river in the south of Brazil and in the northeast of Uruguay .

The left tributary of the Río Uruguay , into which it flows after having covered an altitude difference of 326 meters, has its source in the Cuchilla de Santa Ana . On its 351 km long course to the west, it partially forms the border between the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and the Artigas department in northern Uruguay . The size of its catchment area is 14,865 km², of which 8,258 (55.6%) are on Uruguayan and the remaining 6607 km² (44.4%) are on Brazilian territory. The towns of Quaraí and Artigas lie on its banks .

Map showing the course of the river

Border disputes

The Río Cuareim is still the subject of unresolved border disputes between the neighboring countries of Uruguay and Brazil. It concerns the areas of the Arroyo de la Invernada including the Rincón de Artigas on the Río Cuareim, as well as the islands in the estuary of the river in the Río Uruguay , including the Isla Brasilera

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Map showing the course of the river on the website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gub.uy
  2. ↑ Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay The size information comes from the Spanish Wiki version, the quoted source, however, assumes 13,390 km².
  3. ↑ Preliminary Report "S @ mba Study Tour 2003", p. 118
  4. ^ Territorial disputes and resource management: a global handbook by Rongxing Guo , p. 144