Oyapock

Also known as Oiapoque River, Rio Oiapoque

The Oyapock or Oiapoque ( ; ; ) is a long river in South America that forms most of the border between the French overseas department of French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá.

Key facts

River.name: Oyapock
River.image: Image:Oyapock.JPG
River.image_caption: View of the Oyapock River from Brazil toward French Guiana
River.map: File:Guyane Oyapock River map.svg
River.map_caption: Guyane Oyapock River map
River.subdivision_type1: Countries
River.subdivision_name1: Brazil and France
River.discharge1_location: Near mouth
River.source1_location: Tumuk Humak Mountains
River.mouth_location: Atlantic Ocean
River.bridges: Oyapock River Bridge

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Wikidata facts

Image: Oyapock.JPG
Length: 403.4

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Commons category: Oyapock River
watershed area: 23300
discharge: 835.0

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The Oyapock or Oiapoque ( ; ; ) is a long river in South America that forms most of the border between the French overseas department of French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá.

==Course== The Oyapock runs through the Guianan moist forests ecoregion. It rises in the Tumuk Humak () mountain range and flows into the Atlantic Ocean, where its estuary forms a large bay bordering on Cape Orange.