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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Uruguay |
 | | The northern boundary, 450 miles in extent, was definitively settled by treaty with Brazil on 15 May, 1852, as the Río Quarim, the Cuchilla de Santa Ana to the Río San Luis, thence to the Río Jaguarão, and the western shore of Lago Mirim. |
 | | The chief groups are the Cuchilla de Santa Ana, 80 miles long and 1600 feet high on the border of Brazil, the Cuchilla Grande, 210 miles long and 1500 feet high, running south- east across the country, and the Cuchilla de Haedo in the northwest, 275 miles long. |
 | | The culminating point is Acequa in the Cuchilla Grande near the Brazil frontier, with an elevation of 2040 feet. |
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