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Uruguay River
(redirected from Rio Uruguay)

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Uruguay River
A river of southeast South America rising in southern Brazil and flowing about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) west and south along the Brazil-Argentina border and the Argentina-Uruguay border to the Río de la Plata.
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Noun1.Uruguay River - 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
South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama


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Argentine claims of massive pollution disputed At the ICJ hearing, Uruguay produced documents indicating agreement regarding the plant within the framework of the Comision Administradora del Rio Uruguay (CARU), a binational agency where matters regarding shared waters are settled.
November will mark three years that traffic has been interrupted on one of the three bridges across the Rio Uruguay, the border between the two countries.
Then President Nestor Kirchner of Argentina slammed the decision as a "stab in the back," while Vazquez, fearing violent protests, temporarily closed the border and banned flights over the plant on the banks of the Rio Uruguay dividing the once-friendly neighbors.
 
 
 
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