Chuí Stream
Chuí Stream | |
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Location | |
Country | Uruguay, Brazil |
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Mouth | |
• coordinates | 33°45′S 53°22′W / 33.750°S 53.367°W |
The Chuí, or Chuy, Stream (
Geography
The Chui rises in a small
The Chuí spans only a few tens of kilometres long and its water volume is relatively weak. This is why it is called an arroio or arroyo, which in Portuguese and Spanish means "stream", respectively. It would be unremarkable, were it not for the fact that it is known throughout Brazil and mentioned in all Brazilian geography schoolbooks as being the country's southernmost point. The most southerly point of Brazil is on a bend of the stream approximately 2.7 km (1.7 mi) upstream from its mouth, near the twin coastal villages of Barra do Chuí (Brazil) and Barra del Chuy (Uruguay), at 33°45′03.49″S 53°23′40.90″W / 33.7509694°S 53.3946944°W.
The mouth of the Chuí Stream is not only the southernmost, but also the westernmost point of the Brazilian coast, as well as both the northernmost and easternmost point of the Uruguayan coast. It also marks the southern end of Cassino Beach, the world's longest uninterrupted stretch of sandy ocean shore, stretching over 240 km (150 mi) from the stone breakwaters of Rio Grande in its northern end.
In popular culture
The widespread Brazilian Portuguese expression "do Oiapoque ao Chuí" ("from the
Gallery
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The mouth of Arroio Chuí on the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil on the left, Uruguay on the right.
The stone breakwater on the left is both the southernmost and the westernmost point of the Brazilian coast; the one on the right is both the northernmost and the easternmost point of the Uruguayan coast. -
Lighthouse on the Brazilian side.
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International bridge near the mouth, seen from the Brazilian side.
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The exact southernmost point of Brazil, seen from the Uruguayan side.
See also
- Extreme points of Brazil
- Chuí - nearby Brazilian city
- Chuy - nearby Uruguayan city
- Santa Vitória do Palmar - Brazilian municipality in whose territory most of the Chuí stream lies
References
- ^ "Arroyo des Chui". GeoNames. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
External links
- Barra del Chuy (in Spanish) - site of the neighbouring Uruguayan beach resort village, with many photographs of the mouth of the Chuí and neighbouring beaches and villages on both the Brazilian and Uruguayan sides.