Iguazú+Falls

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The Iguazu Falls are situated on the Iguazu River, that draws the border between Argentina and Brazil. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazú which originates near the city of Curitiba, Brazil. The Iguazu Falls are also in the middle of a rainforest rich in a variety of trees and bushes and different animal species.

They have recently been chosen one of the New Seven Natural Wonders of the World by the vote of about a billion votes through Internet in an election organized by The organization New 7 Wonders (N7W). The name "Iguazu" comes from the Guarani words //y// that means "water", and //ûasú//, meaning "big". The legend says that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named //Naipí//, who fled with her mortal lover //Tarobá// in a canoe. Very angry, the god divided the river, created the waterfalls and punished the lovers to an eternal fall. The first European to find the falls was the Spanish conqueror Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541.



Tourism
The Waterfalls can be visited from both sides of the border getting different views and appreciating different aspects of the natural environment from either of them. In Argentina, the falls are placed within the Iguazú National Park, which constitutes a sanctuary for native vegetation and animal species.



There are two international airports near Iguazú Falls: the Argentine Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (IGR) and the Brazilian Foz do Iguaçu International Airport (IGU). Argentina's airport is 25 kilometers from the city of Iguazu but close to the Falls hotels, there is bus and taxi service from and to the Airport-Falls.

Climate
Iguazu Falls experiences a tropical rainforest climate with abundant precipitation and high temperatures all year-round



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