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    The Oyapock or Oiapoque (/ˈɔɪ.əpɒk, ɔɪ.əˈpoʊki/; French: Fleuve Oyapock [flœv ojapɔk]; Portuguese: Rio Oiapoque [ˈʁiu ɔjɐˈpɔki]) is a 403-kilometre (250 mi)...
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    Spain, at 623 kilometres (387 mi). The Oyapock River defines part of the border and is spanned by the Oyapock River Bridge, the only bridge crossing the...
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    The Franco-Brazilian Binational Bridge spans the Oyapock River, linking the cities of Oiapoque in Amapá, Brazil and Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock in French...
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    treaty between France and Brazil signed in July 2005, the Oyapock River Bridge over the Oyapock River was built and completed in 2011, becoming the first...
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  • west, and from Brazil by the Tumuc Humac Mountains in the south and the Oyapock River in the east. Its 200-mile Atlantic coastline is bordered by several...
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    A Carib-based lengua generale was once used in the old missions of the Oyapock and surrounding regions, apparently surviving at least along the Uaçá tributary...
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    region and department of France located in South America. It lies on the Oyapock River (which forms the border with Brazil), opposite the Brazilian town...
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  • Oyapock's fish-eating rat, or Oyapock's aquatic rat (Neusticomys oyapocki) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in French Guiana...
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    Colombia, and Brazil. Particularly to the Ucayali river in Peru, the Oyapock River in French Guiana, the Essequibo River in Guyana, the Solimões, the...
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    The highway is connected to the road network of French Guiana via the Oyapock River Bridge. BR-210 connects Macapá with Serra do Navio. It is supposed...
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    features Border crossings Article link  France (French Guiana) 730 Amapá Oyapock Oyapock River Bridge Brazil–France border  Suriname 593 Amapá, Pará Defined...
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    around the world. The first ship with prisoners arrived at the mouth of the Oyapock River on 26 December 1924. The sudden expansion of the colony's population...
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    seashore or by any means other than airplane or pirogue via the Maroni and Oyapock rivers. The protected area covers some 20,300 square kilometres (7,840 sq mi)...
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    local name for the water opossum, "yapok", may come from the name of the Oyapock River in French Guiana.[citation needed] The water opossum is small, measuring...
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  • treaty between France and Brazil signed in July 2005, the Oyapock River Bridge over the Oyapock River was built and completed in 2011, becoming the first...
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    resulted in skirmishes between the two sides. France did not recognize the Oyapock river as the border between French Guiana and the Brazilian province of...
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    of Suriname), one on the Wiapoco River (now more commonly known as the Oyapock) and one on the upper Amazon. By 1621, a charter was granted by the Dutch...
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  • the coast of French Guiana by a large bay watered by the estuary of the Oyapock River (Portuguese: Rio Oiapoque). Cape Orange is the northernmost point...
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    Negro, Solimões, and Ucayali River systems, and also in the Approuague and Oyapock River drainages. In its natural environment, the species typically occurs...
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    established a short-lived settlement on the Wiapoco River in 1604 (now the Oyapock, which forms the border between French Guiana and Brazil). This was followed...
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  • in the coastal drainages of Guyana and French Guiana, ranging from the Oyapock to the Demerara River. It is an introduced species in Hawaii. H. watwata...
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    bicirrhosum Cuvier (ex Vandelli), 1829 Silver arowana Amazon, Essequibo and Oyapock basins Osteoglossum ferreirai Kanazawa, 1966 Black arowana Rio Negro basin...
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    language). This South American species is native to the Amazon, Essequibo and Oyapock basins. It is absent from the Rio Negro basin, except the Branco River...
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    takes around 10-12 hours to drive between Oiapoque and Macapá. With the Oyapock River Bridge (linking the cities of Oiapoque in Brazil and Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock...
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    recognised Portuguese sovereignty over the lands between the Amazon and Oyapock rivers, now in Brazil. In North America, France recognised British suzerainty...
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  • Trois-Palétuviers (English: three mangroves) is a Palikur Amerindian village on the Oyapock River in French Guiana, France near the border with Brazil. Trois-Palétuviers...
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  • where it occurs in the coastal drainages of the Guianas, ranging from the Oyapock to the Suriname River, in French Guiana, Suriname, and Brazil. Hypostomus...
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  • family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Oyapock River in French Guiana. The species is typically found in small forested...
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    was also reinforced in 2010. The regiment was mainly in charge of sector Oyapock, at the Brazilian frontier, while supporting forces of the gendarmerie...
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  • the Oyapock river village of Camopi, French Guiana near the border with Brazil. The airport is at the confluence of the Camopi into the Oyapock, adjacent...
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