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The Iguazu Falls

The Iguazu Falls are one of the most beautiful and spectacular wonders of the world created by nature. Located on the border between Argentina and Brazil, they are fed by the waters of the Iguazu River.

The river has the highest water flow between November and March, which is during the rainy season of this region. During these months, the waterfalls launch an average of 1 million liters of water per second, which is equivalent to evacuating 10 Olympic pools every second. The number of waterfalls depends on the flow of the Iguazu River. When the flow rate is low, 160 cascades, while when it is high, 260 cascades. The largest of all is the “Devil’s Canyon”: it has a height of 80 meters.

The waterfalls were formed about a hundred thousand years ago. A geological fault broke the course of the Paraná River, which turned the mouth of the Iguazu River into a huge waterfall. Currently, there is a distance of 23 kilometers from the place of origin where the waterfall originated to the current place, since due to the slow but constant erosion that generates the water, the position of the waterfalls slowly recedes.

As the erosion process continues, the Iguazu Falls will continue to recede in the coming millennia, as it has been since ancient times.