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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of southeast South America rising in southern Brazil and flowing about 1,595 km (990 mi) west and south along the Brazil-Argentina border and the Argentina-Uruguay border to the Río de la Plata.
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- noun a South American river that arises in southern Brazil and flows south to the Rio de la Plata; the northern section forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil and the southern section forms the boundary between Argentina and Uruguay
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In the wake of the ruling, citizen activist groups in the Argentine border town of Gualeguaych said they intend to maintain a blockade they have kept on a border bridge since 2006, and will go ahead with a planned march Sunday to protest the plant, which lies on the other side of the Uruguay River.
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Brazil's two southernmost states are drained through the Uruguay River also into the Plata River.
Brazil 2009
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Other treaties include: (i) the Cooperation Agreement for the Use of Natural Resources and Development of the Quaraí River Basin; and (ii) the Treaty for the use of Shared Natural Resources of the Bordering Stretches of the Uruguay River and its tributary, the Pepiri-Guaçu River, between Brazil and Argentina.
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Brazil's two southernmost states are drained through the Uruguay River also into the Plata River.
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Most of the mammals from this ecoregion are found in the gallery forests along the Uruguay River and in the small ravines of the north.
Uruguayan savanna 2007
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Invernada (Arroio Invernada) area of the Rio Quarai and the islands at the confluence of the Rio Cuareim (Rio Quarai) and the Uruguay River
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Brazil are in dispute - Arroyo de la Invernada (Arroio Invernada) area of the Rio Cuareim (Rio Quarai) and the islands at the confluence of the Rio Cuareim (Rio Quarai) and the Uruguay River
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Brazil are in dispute -- Arroyo de la Invernada (Arroio Invernada) area of the Rio Cuareim (Rio Quarai) and the islands at the confluence of the Rio Cuareim (Rio Quarai) and the Uruguay River
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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(Arroyo de la Invernada) area of the Rio Quarai (Rio Cuareim) and the islands at the confluence of the Rio Quarai and the Uruguay River
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Uruguay are currently experiencing a conflict over the Uruguay River.
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