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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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