Iguazu Falls

South America Iguazu Falls is one of the world's top five, which falls at the border between Argentina and Brazil. 1934, Argentina's Iguassu Falls area 670 square kilometers of the establishment of a national park. In 1984, the Iguassu Falls by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage.

In 1542, a Spanish missionary in South America, Parana River Basin in the tropical rain forest, accidentally discovered the Iguazu Falls: waterfall surrounded by layer upon layer of a horseshoe-shaped canyon roared pouring down, sparking water fog filled the sky in the dense forests, torrents of water down the sound can be heard several kilometers away.

"Iguazu," indigenous peoples in South America in the Guarani language, is "water" means. Originated in Brazil Iguazu River into the Parana River in before the water slowly, in the border between Argentina and Brazil, 1500 meters width, such as a lake. Forward flow of water suddenly encountered a canyon, the river valley along the inverted U-shaped top and down both sides of直泻, protruding rocks to the river Pentium cut down more than 270 large and small waterfalls, form a picture spectacular group of semi-circular waterfall, with a total width of 3000-4000 m, with an average difference of 80 meters.

Iguassu Falls lies in the fact that different view points. From different locations in different directions, different heights, to see different scenes. Waterfall Canyon is at the top of the center of the largest and most fierce currents, known as "the devil throat."

Distributed in the valleys on both sides of falls, Argentina and Brazil for the community on this canyon, Argentina and Brazil in view of the falls entirely different view. Argentina's side two points up and down the road tour, the next cross-road winds in a dense forest, and each paragraph can be bottom-up and enjoy the magnificent waterfall, or charm, can be described as a 10-step King; the road is a top-down feeling waterfall tumbling down the momentum. In Brazil over Argentina here to enjoy the panoramic views of the main waterfall. Iguazu most magnificent momentum, "the devil throat," is here in Argentina look down from the previous 9 Unit water roaring down, soul-stirring, but also can see the panoramic annular cataractes; in Brazil there is bottom-up, the water curtain from the days of flying, while some feel.

Previously, visitors are free to visit Iguassu Falls. A few years ago, Iguassu Falls tourist area by a private business, this enterprise has invested a lot of money, built about 20 kilometers around the path along the cliff, the laying of the electric railway, new tourist facilities