Iguassu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu, Spanish: Cataratas del IguazúSAMPA [iGwa'su]) are waterfalls of the Iguaçu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná (in the Southern Region) and the Argentinian Province of Misiones, and are shared between the Iguaçu National Park (Brazil) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina). Most of the falls are within Argentinian territory, but from the Brazilian side a more panoramic view is obtained.
The name comes from the Guarani words í (water) and guazú (big).
IguaCuFalls or IguassU Falls[both: EgwusOO´] Pronunciation Key, in the IguaCu River, on the Argentina-Brazil border near the Paraguay line.
IguaCuFalls has two main sections that are composed of hundreds of waterfalls separated from each other by rocky islands along a 3-mi (4.8-km) escarpment.
The highest fall is 210 ft (64 m) high; most of the falls are from 100 to 130 ft (30–40 m) high.
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