Iguazu River

The Iguazu River or Rio Iguassu, is a river in and . It is an important tributary of the . The Iguazu River is 1,320 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 62,000 km2.
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  • Stream
  • Description: river in Paraná, Brazil
  • Also known as
    “Recorrido”
    “Rio Iguassu”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Triple Frontier and Puerto Iguazú.
is a tourist town in the northeast…
Presidente Franco is a district and city of the , . is situated 4 km northwest of Iguazu River.
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Latitude
-25.59297° or 25° 35′ 35″ south
Longitude
-54.59051° or 54° 35′ 26″ west
Open location code
5867CC45+RQ
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Iguazu River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rio Iguazú”
  • Arabic: “نهر إجوازو”
  • Arabic: “نهر إغواسو”
  • Arabic: “نهر إيغوازو”
  • Armenian: “Իգուասու”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Iguazu”
  • Azerbaijani: “İquasu çayı”
  • Azerbaijani: “İquasu”
  • Basque: “Iguazu”
  • Belarusian: “Ігуасу”
  • Bengali: “ইগুয়াসু নদী”
  • Breton: “Stêr Iguaçu”
  • Bulgarian: “Игуасу”
  • Catalan: “Iguaçú”
  • Catalan: “rio Iguaçu”
  • Catalan: “Riu Iguaçú”
  • Cebuano: “Río Iguazú”
  • Chinese: “伊瓜苏河”
  • Chinese: “伊瓜蘇河”
  • Chuvash: “Игуасу”
  • Croatian: “Iguaçu”
  • Croatian: “Iguazú”
  • Czech: “Iguaçu”
  • Czech: “Rio Iguaçu”
  • Czech: “Río Iguazú”
  • Dutch: “Iguaçú”
  • Dutch: “Rio Iguaçu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اجوازو”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Iguazuo”
  • Estonian: “Iguaçu jõgi”
  • Estonian: “Iguaçu”
  • Estonian: “Iguassu”
  • Estonian: “Iguazú”
  • Finnish: “Iguaçu”
  • Finnish: “Iguassú”
  • Finnish: “Iguazú”
  • French: “Iguaçu”
  • French: “Iguazu”
  • French: “Río Iguaçu”
  • French: “Río Iguazú”
  • Galician: “río Iguazú”
  • Georgian: “იგუასუ”
  • German: “Iguaçu”
  • German: “Iguassu”
  • German: “Iguasu”
  • German: “Iguazú”
  • German: “Rio Iguaçu”
  • German: “Río Iguazú”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Ιγκουαζού”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Ιγκουασού”
  • Guarani: “Ysyry Yguasu”
  • Hebrew: “איגואסו”
  • Hindi: “इग्वासू नदी”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Iguazu”
  • Italian: “Iguazú”
  • Japanese: “イグアス川”
  • Kazakh: “Ïgwasw”
  • Kazakh: “Игуасу”
  • Kazakh: “ىيگۋاسۋ”
  • Korean: “이과수 강”
  • Korean: “이구아수강”
  • Latin: “Iguassu”
  • Latvian: “Igvasu”
  • Lithuanian: “Igvasu”
  • Macedonian: “Игуасу”
  • Malagasy: “Rio Iguaçu”
  • Malayalam: “ഇഗ്വാസു നദി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iguaçú”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iguassú”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iguazú”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio Iguaçu”
  • Norwegian: “Iguazú”
  • Persian: “رود ایگواسو”
  • Polish: “Iguaçu”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Iguaçu”
  • Portuguese: “Rio iguassú”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Iguazú”
  • Romanian: “Iguaçu”
  • Romanian: “Iguazú”
  • Russian: “Игуасу”
  • Scots: “Iguazu River”
  • Serbian: “Игвасу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Iguazú”
  • Slovak: “Iguaçu”
  • Slovak: “Iguazú”
  • Slovenian: “Iguaçu”
  • Slovenian: “Iguassu”
  • Slovenian: “Iguasu”
  • Slovenian: “Iguazú”
  • Slovenian: “Igvasu”
  • Spanish: “Río Iguazú”
  • Swedish: “Iguaçu”
  • Swedish: “Iguaçúfloden”
  • Swedish: “Iguazúfloden”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำอีกวาซู”
  • Turkish: “Iguazu Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Ігуасу”
  • Ukrainian: “Іґуасу”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Iguazú”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salog Iguazú”
  • Welsh: “Afon Iguaçu”
  • Welsh: “Afon Iguazú”

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