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Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls (Guarani: Chororõ Yguasu [ɕoɾo'ɾõ ɨɣʷa'su], Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú [kataˈɾatas ðel iɣwaˈsu]; Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu [kɐtɐˈɾatɐz du iɡwɐˈsu]) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná.
The Iguaçu Falls lie on the border between Argentina and Brazil. A bridge on the Iguaçu River, between Puerto Iguazú, Argentina and Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. The Argentina–Brazil border is the line that limits the territories of the Argentine Republic and the Federative Republic of Brazil. It is approximately 1,224 km (761 mi) long. [1]
The falls are within national parks in both Brazil, Iguaçu National Park, and Argentina, Iguazú National Park. It empties into the Paraná River at the point where the borders of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay join, an area known as the Triple Frontier .
The Falls of Iguazú, on the border between Brazil and Argentina, registered a flow of 3.8 million gallons of water per second on Oct. 12, due to heavy rainfall in the area.
Iguaçu National Park (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a national park in Paraná State, Brazil.It comprises a total area of 185,262.5 hectares (457,794 acres) and a length of about 420 kilometers (260 mi), 300 kilometers (190 mi) of which are natural borders by bodies of water and the Argentine and Brazilian sides together comprise around 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres). [1]
Of the three major border cities, the largest is Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, which in 2018 had a population of 299,255. Meanwhile, the tourist-centric Brazilian city Foz do Iguaçu has a population of approximately 258,248 (2020) and Puerto Iguazú , Argentina is the smallest of the three cities, with a population of just 82,227.
Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (2010 census ), it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado. The Iguazú Falls are 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from the city, and as a result the city has developed much of its infrastructure around tourism.
Foz do Iguaçu (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɔz du iɡwaˈsu]; "Iguazu River mouth"), colloquially referred to as Foz, is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. Foz in Portuguese means the mouth or end of a river and Iguaçu in Guarani or Tupi comes from the words " y " [ɨ] , meaning "water" or "river", and " guasu ...