Iguazu Falls, Iguazú Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu; Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú [kataˈɾatas ðel iɣwaˈsu]; Guarani: Chororo Yguasu) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the Argentine's periphery region of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. The falls isolate the stream into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River climbs near the city of Curitiba. For the lion's share of its course, the stream travels through Brazil, then again, a vast part of the falls are on the Argentine side. Underneath its crossroads with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River shapes the breaking point amidst Argentina and Brazil.

The name "Iguazu" starts from the Guarani or Tupi words, implying "water", meaning "big".Legend has it that an eternality needed to marry a delightful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal huge other Tarobá in a kayak. In an outrage, the god cut the stream, making the waterfalls and sentencing the mates to a perpetual fall.The first European to record the falls' vicinity was the Spanish conqui
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