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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 Guiana, France. The bridge is cable-stayed, with two towers rising to a height of 83 metres (272 ft) and a length of 378 metres (1,240 ft). There are two lanes for vehicles with a total width ...
Geographic map of French Guiana in 2009. Note: this map does not show the international Oyapock River Bridge which connects Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock (France) and Oiapoque (Brazil) and has been open to car traffic since March 2017.
Saint-Georges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ] ⓘ; French Guianese Creole: Senjòrj; sometimes unofficially called Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas 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 ...
The Brazil–France border is the line, located in the Amazon Rainforest, that limits the territories of Brazil and France. The border is located between the Brazilian state of Amapá and French Guiana. It is 730 kilometres (450 mi) in length. It is the longest border France shares with another country, despite not being located in mainland ...
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch and French Guiana. Broadly it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the Orinoco to the mouth of the ...
Oyapock. The Oyapock or Oiapoque (/ ˈɔɪ.əpɒk, ɔɪ.əˈpoʊki /; French: Fleuve Oyapock [flœv ojapɔk]; Portuguese: Rio Oiapoque [ˈʁiu ɔjɐˈpɔki]) is a 403-kilometre (250 mi) 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. [1][2]
Cayenne (/ keɪˈɛn /; [ 5 ]French pronunciation: [kajɛn] ⓘ; Guianese Creole French: Kayenn) is the prefecture of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America and its capital city. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast.
65,830 km 2 (25,420 sq mi) Discharge. • average. 1,700 m 3 /s (60,000 cu ft/s) 2,586 m 3 /s (91,300 cu ft/s) Map of the Maroni River from 1896. The Maroni or Marowijne (French: Maroni [maʁɔni]; Dutch: Marowijne [ˌmaːroːˈʋɛi̯nə]; Sranan Tongo: Marwina-Liba) is a river in South America that forms the border between French Guiana and ...