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    Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil and are the largest waterfalls in the world. The falls are formed by the Iguazu River falling over a staircase formation of basalt rock layers in three tiers ranging from 35-40 meters tall. Together, the falls make up over 2.7 kilometers of cascading waterfalls, including Devil's Throat canyon which is 80-90 meters wide and 70-80 meters deep. The falls divide the Iguazu River into an upper and lower section and mark the border between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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    Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil and are the largest waterfalls in the world. The falls are formed by the Iguazu River falling over a staircase formation of basalt rock layers in three tiers ranging from 35-40 meters tall. Together, the falls make up over 2.7 kilometers of cascading waterfalls, including Devil's Throat canyon which is 80-90 meters wide and 70-80 meters deep. The falls divide the Iguazu River into an upper and lower section and mark the border between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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    Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil and are the largest waterfalls in the world. The falls are formed by the Iguazu River falling over a staircase formation of basalt rock layers in three tiers ranging from 35-40 meters tall. Together, the falls make up over 2.7 kilometers of cascading waterfalls, including Devil's Throat canyon which is 80-90 meters wide and 70-80 meters deep. The falls divide the Iguazu River into an upper and lower section and mark the border between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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    Iguazu Falls

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    Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil and are the largest waterfalls in the world. The falls are formed by the Iguazu River falling over a staircase formation of basalt rock layers in three tiers ranging from 35-40 meters tall. Together, the falls make up over 2.7 kilometers of cascading waterfalls, including Devil's Throat canyon which is 80-90 meters wide and 70-80 meters deep. The falls divide the Iguazu River into an upper and lower section and mark the border between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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    Iguazu Falls

    Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the
    Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they
    make up the largest waterfall in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper
    and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the heart of the city of Curitiba.

    The staircase character of the falls consists of a two-step waterfall formed by


    three layers of basalt. The steps are 35 and 40 metres (115 and 131 ft) in height.
    The columnar basalt rock sequences are part of the 1,000-metre-thick (3,300 ft)
    Serra Geral Formation within the Paleozoic-Mesozoic Paraná Basin. The tops of
    these sequences are characterized by 8–10 m (26–33 ft) of highly resistant
    vesicular basalt and the contact between these layers controls the shape of the
    falls.

    The Devil's Throat canyon is 80–90 m (260–300 ft) wide and 70–80 m (230–260 ft)
    deep. Left of this canyon, another part of the river forms 160-200 individual falls,
    which merge into a single front during flood stage. The largest falls are named San
    Martín, Adam and Eva, Penoni, and Bergano.[4]

    About 900 m (2,950 ft) of the 2.7 km (1.7 mi) length does not have water flowing
    over it. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the
    Paraná River, a short distance downstream from the Itaipu Dam. The junction of
    the water flows marks the border between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay

    The Iguazu Falls are arranged in a way that resembles a reversed letter "J". The
    Argentina–Brazil border runs through the Devil's Throat. On the right bank is the
    Brazilian territory, which is home to more than 95% of the Iguazu River basin but
    has just over 20% of the jumps of these falls, and the left side jumps are
    Argentine, which makes up almost 80% of the falls.
    Size and flow rate of  Iguazu

    Height in meters and 64–82 m


    feet:[ 210–269 ft

    Width in meters and 2,700 m


    feet: 8,858 ft

    Flow rate units (vol/s)


    m3/s
    cu ft/s

    Mean annual flow rate 1,746


    61,600

    Highest recorded flow 45,700


    1,614,000

    For water, cubic metres per second = tonnes per second Iguazu has two drops;
    height given for biggest drop and total height.

    The name "Iguazú" comes from the Guarani or Tupi words "y" [ɨ], meaning
    "water", and "ûasú "[waˈsu], meaning "big".[3] Legend has it that a deity planned
    to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá
    in a canoe. In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and
    condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.[3] The first European to record the
    existence of the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
    in 1541.

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