\n Learn how they originated, which and where the most important falls are, plus all the essential information to know this Wonder of the World.<\/em><\/h2>\n
The\u00a0Iguaz\u00fa River<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0born in Brazil<\/strong>,\u00a0in the mountain Serra do Mar<\/strong>, in\u00a0Paran\u00e1<\/strong>. It flows gently down many kilometers of flat land, towards the southwest, before reaching the\u00a0Paran\u00e1 River<\/strong>, where its course changes dramatically.\u00a0Small islands<\/strong>\u00a0begin to create rapids and \u201cwhite water\u201d and the current gathers speed, causing the river to split off into smaller ones. But it soon reaches a\u00a0gigantic drop of<\/strong>f, which was\u00a0caused by an geological fault\u00a0<\/strong>hundreds of thousands years earlier. This precipice, added to the smaller rivers we described earlier, creates agiant system of waterfalls<\/strong>, with\u00a0more than 270 falls arranged in a giant fan, each between 40 and 90 meters high<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Fact:<\/strong>\u00a0when the falls were born almost 200 thousand years ago, the falls were located where the Paran\u00e1 and Iguaz\u00fa, where today you will find the union of the three frontiers. But\u00a0due to the process of erosion, it has\u00a0 The\u00a0largest fall<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0Devil\u2019s Throat\u00a0<\/strong>(la Garganta del Diablo) located at the main channel of the river. The fall has its\u00a0origin in Uni\u00f3n<\/strong>, which is located\u00a0on the boarder of Brazil and Argentina<\/strong>, it is\u00a080 meters tall<\/strong>\u00a0and the spray created by the waterfall isvisible from 7 kilometers away<\/strong>. Other important falls are\u00a0the Alvar N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>,\u00a0the Two Sisters<\/strong>\u00a0(Dos Hermanas) which has a natural pool 8 meters deep,the Bosetti<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0the Chico Alf\u00e9rez<\/strong>\u00a0that break into two. Above all in the upper region, you will find\u00a0the San Mart\u00edn Fall<\/strong>, which constantly roars due to its double drop off of 70 meters.<\/p>\n The continuous cascade\u00a0forms a\u00a0 The waterfall system is\u00a0more than 4 kilometers wide<\/strong>, which combined with its height and the volume of the water during the rainy season makes it one of the largest in the world.\u00a0Its width is four times larger than the Niagara Falls, located in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Describing the marvel… Learn how they originated, which and where the most important falls are, plus all the essential information to know this Wonder of the World. The\u00a0Iguaz\u00fa River\u00a0is\u00a0born in Brazil,\u00a0in the mountain Serra do Mar, in\u00a0Paran\u00e1. It flows gently down many kilometers of flat land, towards the southwest, before reaching the\u00a0Paran\u00e1 River, where its… Read on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iguazu"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Iguaz\u00fa](\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/Igr_RioIguazu.jpg\" "\\"Iguaz\u00fa")
<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Devil's](\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/Igr_Garganta4.jpg\" "\\"Devil's")
moved back 23 kilometers from its original point of origin<\/strong>. It is believed that\u00a0the relocation will continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/igr_Tour-Iguazu-028.jpg\" "\\"The")
special mist which when kissed by sunbeams<\/strong>gives birth to an\u00a0infinite number of rainbows<\/strong>, and is one of the more common postcards of the region.<\/p>\n