One of the New 7 Wonders of Nature THE IGUAZU FALLS · One of the New 7 Wonders of Nature THE...
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One of the New 7 Wonders of Nature
THE IGUAZU FALLSa must-visit destination in South America...
he Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the
Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and
the Brazilian state of Paraná.
The name "Iguazu" comes from the Guarani
or Tupi words
"y", meaning "water", and "ûasú ", meaning "big".
The falls divide the river into the upper and
lower
Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the city of Curitiba. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil, however, most of the falls
are on the Argentine side.
Iguazu Falls are locat-ed where the Iguazu River tumbles over the edge of the Paraná Plateau, 23 kilometres (14 mi) upriver from the Iguazu's conflu-ence with the Paraná
River.
The falls may be reached from two main towns, with one on either side of the falls: Puerto
Iguazú in Argentina and Foz do Iguaçu in
Brazil, as well as from Ciudad del Este, Para-guay, on the other side of the Paraná river from Foz do Iguaçu. The falls are shared by the Iguazú National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil). The two parks
were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984 and 1987, respective-ly.
Dis-tribution of the falls between Argentina and Brazil:
The border between Brazil and Argentina runs
through the Devil's Throat. On the right bank is the Brazilian territory,
which has just over 20%
of the
jumps of these falls,
and the left side jumps are Argentine, which make up almost 80% of the falls.
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