Quaraí River

Río Cuareim in the department of Artigas, Uruguay

The Río Cuareim (Portuguese: Rio Quaraí ) is situated in southern Brazil and north-eastern Uruguay River.

The left-hand tributary of the Uruguay River, into which it opens to the zurückgelegtem height difference of 326 meters, rises in the Cuchilla de Santa Ana. It forms on its 351 km long course westward partially the border between the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and located in the north of Uruguay Artigas Department. The size of its catchment area is 14,865 km ², of which 8,258 are ( 55.6 %) to Uruguayan and the remaining 6607 km ² ( 44.4 %) on Brazilian territory. On its shores are the towns Quaraí and Artigas.

Border disputes

The Río Cuareim is still the subject of so far unresolved border disputes between neighboring countries Uruguay and Brazil. This involves the areas of Arroyo de la Invernada including the Rincón de Artigas on the Río Cuareim, and the islands at the mouth of the river in the Río Uruguay, including the Isla Brasilera