Iguazu Falls

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natural wonder tourist attraction waterfall gorge waterfall system

Iguazu Falls is a vast and spectacular system of waterfalls on the Iguazu River at the border of Argentina and Brazil, renowned as one of the world’s most impressive natural wonders.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Iguazu Falls canonical	12
Iguazú Falls	6
Iguaçu Falls	3
Iguazu Falls landscape	1
Iguazú/Iguaçu Falls area	1
Iguaçu Falls (Brazilian side)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	natural wonder ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ waterfall gorge ⓘ waterfall system ⓘ
averageFlowRate	about 1500 cubic metres per second ⓘ
climate	subtropical ⓘ
comparedTo	Niagara Falls ⓘ Victoria Falls ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ Argentina ⓘ Argentina ⓘ Argentina ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Brazil ⓘ
etymology	name derived from Guaraní words for big water ⓘ
hasActivity	boat tours ⓘ hiking ⓘ
hasPart	Devil's Throat ⓘ
hasViewingInfrastructure	walkways and viewing platforms ⓘ
hasWildlife	butterflies ⓘ coatis ⓘ toucans ⓘ
knownFor	Devil's Throat ⓘ surface form: horseshoe-shaped gorge Devil's Throat large number of individual falls ⓘ lush subtropical rainforest surroundings ⓘ rainbows formed by spray ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Guaraní ⓘ
locatedIn	Misiones Province ⓘ Paraná state ⓘ South America ⓘ border between Argentina and Brazil ⓘ
locatedOn	Iguazu River ⓘ
maximumHeight	about 82 metres ⓘ
near	Ciudad del Este ⓘ
nearestCity	Foz do Iguaçu ⓘ Puerto Iguazú ⓘ
numberOfDrops	approximately 275 ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Forest biome ⓘ Iguazu Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ Iguazú National Park ⓘ Iguazú National Park ⓘ surface form: Iguaçu National Park Paraná River ⓘ surface form: Paraná River basin
region	Triple Frontier ⓘ surface form: Triple Frontier area
totalWidth	about 2.7 kilometres ⓘ
touristVisitorsPerYear	over 1 million ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1984 (Argentine side) ⓘ 1986 (Brazilian side) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South America → hasMajorWaterfall → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Brazil → contains → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguaçu Falls (Brazilian side)

Iguazu Falls → partOf → Iguazu Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Devil's Throat

Soarin' Around the World → notableScenesInclude → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Foz do Iguaçu → gatewayTo → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguaçu Falls

Devil's Throat → partOf → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Devil's Throat → isIconicFeatureOf → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazu Falls landscape

Puerto Iguazú → tourismAttractionNearby → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Iguazu River → hasPart → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Iguazu River → famousFor → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Iguazu River → hasWaterfallSystem → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Iguazu River → tourismAttraction → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Misiones Province → hasNaturalFeature → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú Falls

Misiones Province → knownFor → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú Falls

Iguazú National Park → contains → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Iguazú National Park → isPartOfTransboundarySite → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú/Iguaçu Falls area

Iguazú National Park → mainAttraction → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

southern Brazil → hasLandmark → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Brazil

this entity surface form: Iguaçu Falls

Misiones rainforest → hasLandmark → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú Falls

Misiones rainforest → knownFor → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú Falls

Misiones rainforest → hasMainTourismAttraction → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú Falls

New7Wonders of Nature → hasWinner → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

Paraná state → contains → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

subject surface form: Paraná (state)

this entity surface form: Iguaçu Falls

Northeastern Argentina → hasTouristAttraction → Iguazu Falls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iguazú Falls