Devil's Throat- Iguazu Falls

 

* The Iguassu Waterfalls are situated inside the Iguassu National Park. 

*  The Guarani word 'Iguassu' means 'Great Water'

 

*  Iguazu Falls, called Foz do Iguaçu in Portuguese, and Cataratas del Iguazú in Spanish.

*  Taller than Niagara Falls, twice as wide with 275 single falls spread in a horseshoe shape over nearly two miles of on the Brazilian and Argentinian side of the Iguassu River.

*  Iguazu Falls are the result of a volcanic eruption which left yet another large crack in the earth.

 

*  During the rainy season of November - March, the rate of flow of water going over the falls may reach 450,000 cubic feet (12,750 cubic m) per second.

*  The tremendous amount of water (an average of 553 cubic feet per second) thundering down 269 feet, the tropical location and the sheer beauty that led Eleanor Roosevelt to say Poor Niagara.

 

*  Four times the width of Niagara Falls.


*  Iguazu Falls are divided by various islands to separate the waterfalls in to many.

*  One of the best known is Devil's Throat, or Gargantua del Diablo with its perpetual spray high over the falls.

 

* Other notable falls are the San Martin, Bossetti, and Bernabe Mendez.

* It holds a status of World Natural Heritage Site given by UNESCO.