Iguazu Falls
Water
Hundreds of waterfalls side by side in the jungle.
At Iguazu a river drops over a cliff almost three kilometres wide, on the border of Argentina and Brazil. Depending on how much water there is, you can count about 275 separate falls.
The largest is called the Devil's Throat: a horseshoe of water about 80 metres high. Walkways lead right up to the edge, and the spray soaks everyone who comes close.
- waterfalls
- 275
- wide
- 2.7 km
- the highest drop
- 80 m
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Iguazu means big water in the language of the Guaraní.
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Small birds called swifts nest on the rock behind the falling water and fly straight through it.
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Toucans, coatis and jaguars live in the forest around the falls.
Question 1 of 2
What does Iguazu mean?
- Christ the RedeemerA giant statue with open arms above Rio de Janeiro.
- Salar de UyuniThe largest salt flat in the world, and after rain the largest mirror.
- Atacama DesertThe driest desert in the world outside the poles, between the Andes and the ocean.
- AconcaguaThe highest mountain in the world outside Asia.
It is in Argentina.
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