Apparently, I just finished reading WWF our earth page and I found this interesting information about Iguazu falls which is in the "All Time Top 10 Places to See". Since, I never heard anything about this place before. Iguazu falls is on the number 8 from the list, beating Madagascar and The Alps.
So, basically Iguazu Falls are series of waterfalls on the Iguazu River that stretch in a "U" or horseshoe shape with the length of 2 miles area along the the border of Argentina and Brazil. The term Iguazu means "big water" in Guarana language, and this falls live up to their name. Iguazu Falls consists of about 270 waterfalls and the height up to 82 meters. The thunderous roaring of the falls can be heared from miles away and the mist forms rainbows, bigger than North America's Niagara Falls.
The legend says that a god intended to marry a beautiful girl called Naipu. However, the girl ran away with her lover in a canoe. The god became furious and the god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls, punishing the lovers to an eternal fall.
Source:
WWF© . (2010). Iguazu Falls. Retrieved from http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/iguazu_falls.cfm
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