Beyond the relatively small park it will be important to strike a balance between conservation and other land and resource use in Misiones Province so as to maintain or restore the connectivity of the landscape. This will require working with other sectors and local communities. Eventually, the property should be buffered by adequate and harmonized land use planning in the adjacent areas in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
About us. Special themes. Major programmes. For the Press. Help preserve sites now! Join the , Members. Search Advanced. By Properties. Cultural Criteria: i ii iii iv v vi Natural Criteria: vii viii ix x. Category Cultural Natural Mixed. All With videos With photo gallery. Country Region Year Name of the property. Without With. Iguazu National Park The semicircular waterfall at the heart of this site is some 80 m high and 2, m in diameter and is situated on a basaltic line spanning the border between Argentina and Brazil.
No figures and no words can describe the harmonious beauty of this waterfall. This could be the most magnificent waterfall in world. Iguazu is a 1, km long river, which starts near Curitiba in Brazil.
Before the falls Iguazu is mighty, approximately 1 km wide river. In this place meet three countries — Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. After the falls Iguazu is m wide, but at the mouth — m wide. This volcanic plateau formed in Lower Cretaceous period some million years ago in an enormous volcanic eruption. It is possible that this was the largest eruption in the history of the last several hundred million years.
On the rims of this plateau formed fhousands of waterfalls and impressive cliffs. Unfortunately, it was flooded in under Itaipu Dam. Another example is the magnificent Canyon of Itaimbezinho with its fantastic waterfalls. There are several ways to measure and rank waterfalls of the world — by the height, by the width, by the volume of water, by the height of the tallest vertical drop.
The width of falls is 2, m — this is the widest true waterfall e. The width of waterfalls is measured along the rim of the falling water. In the case of Iguazu, this by far is not a straight line: the direct distance between both sides of the waterfall is 1, m. It was reached in June To compare this: only the Amazon River has a higher average flow! At low water the amount of water in the falls decreases significantly.
Iguazu Falls are wider and more water-rich than the other big fall of the world — Victoria Falls , but does not have uninterrupted water curtain and is not that high. Although this can not be measured, Iguazu Falls seem to be somewhat more photogenic than Victoria Falls.
The height of different parts of Iguazu Falls fluctuates from 60 to 82 m. If compared to the tall waterfalls of the world, this might seem to be a rather low figure — but if we take into account the huge mass of water and width of falls — this is very impressive number! The configuration of Iguazu walls is complex — in some places the water is falling from one vertical precipice but in some places, there have formed two well-expressed steps and many smaller steps.
A god was to marry Naipi, a beautiful woman. This woman canoed away with her lover, angering the god. The god was enraged and sliced the river, which not only created the falls but condemned the two lovers to fall for eternity. The falls are 1. These falls range from to feet high. The average height of most of the falls is feet. The actual number of waterfalls fluctuates depending on the water level and how much water is flowing.
The number ranges from to falls at any given time. Along the 1. One of the falls on the Argentina side is named after him.
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