The Brazil–Uruguay border is a strip of land located south of the southern Brazilian state of

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...

. It stretches for 985 km from the triple border Brazil-Argentina-Uruguay west to the mouth of Arroyo Chuí, the southernmost point in Brazil. The western section of the border is marked by

Quaraí River The Quaraí or Cuareim River ( Portuguese Rio Quaraí, Spanish Río Cuareim) is a tributary of the Uruguay River. Location The river rises in the Coxilha de Santana (Spanish ''Cuchilla de Santa Ana''), an area of low-lying hills, and runs westwa ...

, a tributary of the

Uruguay River The Uruguay River ( ; ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countr ...

and the "coxilhas of Santana." To the east, its border is marked by the

Jaguarão River The Jaguarão or Yaguarón River (, ) is a Brazilian and Uruguayan river. It forms the border between Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul state in southernmost Brazil. The river originates in Serras de Sudeste (Southeastern Mountain Ranges) and flows ...

that flows into the

Lagoa Mirim Lagoon Mirim (Portuguese, ) or Merín (Spanish, ) is a large estuarine lagoon which extends from southern Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil into eastern Uruguay. Lagoa Mirim is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandy, partially barren isthm ...

. The border then runs from southern portion of this lagoon to the Chui. There are two disputed areas on the border between Brazil and Uruguay, which were the

Brazilian Island Brazilian Island (; in Standard ; in Portuñol/Portunhol: ''Isla Brasilera'') is a small uninhabited river island at the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Quaraí (Cuareim) River, between the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, w ...

and the

Corner of Artigas Corner may refer to: People *Corner (surname) * House of Cornaro, a noble Venetian family (''Corner'' in Venetian dialect) Places * Corner, Alabama, a community in the United States *Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia * Corner River, a tributary ...

(interfluve between the Quaraí River and the Arroyo Invernada). The two areas are administered by Brazil, yet are claimed for decades by Uruguay. Obelisco - Plaza Internacional - Frontera de la Paz - Livramento - Rivera

Obelisco - Plaza Internacional - Frontera de la Paz - Livramento - Rivera

The border also runs through the Uruguayan city

Rivera Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a block away from it, at the north end of Route 5 (Uruguay), Route 5. Together, they form an ...

and the Brazilian city Santana do Livramento. Residents of these two cities are able to walk freely between the two countries without any border control. Those wishing to travel further inland into both countries must then undergo border control at designated points. Many

duty-free shop A duty-free shop or store is a retail outlet whose goods are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country, who will ...

s are located in both cities. The same situation exists between the Brazilian city

Chuí Chuí () is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is the southernmost town of Brazil, located at latitude 33°41′0″S. A border town, it shares its name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two towns constitute ...

and the Uruguayan city

Chuy Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the ...

References

Borders of Brazil Borders of Uruguay International borders

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