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The name Iguazú means Great Waters in Guarani. This natural wonder is
taller and twice as wide than Niagara Falls and combines 275 falls in a
massive, magnificent cascade stretching for nearly 1.7 miles. The drops
of the falls range from 197 ft. 269 ft. in height.

The many cascades generate vast sprays of water producing the largest
and one of the most spectacular waterfalls known to mankind.

The Iguazú Falls are arranged in a way that resembles a reversed letter
"J". The border between Brazil and Argentina runs through the Devil's
Throat. On the right bank (looking north) 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.
Often Iguazu also is compared with Victoria Falls in Southern Africa,
Iguazu is wider, but because it is split into approximately 275 discrete falls
and large islands, Victoria has the largest curtain of water in the world, at
more than 5,249 ft. wide and over 328 ft. in height.

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