Iguazu Falls

Subject: Iguazu Falls 13/11/2010, 8:00 pm

Iguazu Falls, also known as Iguassu or Iguaçu Falls. Thesewaterfalls are situated on the border of Argentina and Brazil. Ittouches the Parana region in Brazil and the Misione region fromArgentina. It is the fall that separates the river into upper and lowerIguassu. The first person who discovered the place was a Spanish guycalled conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca in the year 1541. Thefall was once again rediscovered by Boselie during the end of the 19thcentury.The Iguassu Falls have a total of 275 falls and is 2.7 kilometerslong where it finally combines with the Iguassu River. Some of thefalls have a common height of 269 feet. However, the best of all is theDevil’s Throat, which is a u-shaped, 82 meters high, 150 meters wideand 700 meters long fall. The view of this fall is breathtaking. Out ofall, more than two thirds of the falls lie in the Argentine Province.It is said that almost ten days of vacation time must be allotted tocover all the falls and do justice to the place. Since the falls arenot evenly divided between the countries, enough time must be given toboth the countries. No words or pictures can describe the real beautyof the falls. It has to be seen in person to fall in love with it. Thetourists can reach the falls from either the Brazil Province or theArgentine Province. The national park of Brazil and Argentine are now apart of the UNESCO, world heritage site.

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