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Monday, November 7, 2011

Iguazu National Park

Card No 122Many thanks to my FB friend Gabriel Alejandro Etinzon

The semicircular waterfall at the heart of this site is some 80 m high and 2,700 m in diameter and is situated on a basaltic line spanning the border between Argentina and Brazil. Made up of many cascades producing vast sprays of water, it is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The Iguazú River ends in the Paraná River 23 km beyond the falls, after a 1320 km course. Inside the park it becomes up to 1,500 m wide and turns first south, then north, forming a large U-shape. Read More

Information Obtained from From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia & UNESCO

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