Iguazu River
The Iguazu River or Rio Iguassu, is a river in Brazil and Argentina. It is an important tributary of the Paraná River. The Iguazu River is 1,320 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 62,000 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leonard G., Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Paraná, Brazil
- Also known as: “Recorrido” and “Rio Iguassu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triple Frontier and Puerto Iguazú.
Triple Frontier
Locality
Photo: Abuelodelanada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Triple Frontier is a tri-border area along the junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers converge. Near the confluence are the cities of Puerto Iguazú, Foz do Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este.
Puerto Iguazú
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Puerto Iguazú is a tourist town in the northeast of Argentina at the Triborder with Paraguay and Brazil. It mainly serves the needs of the tourists visiting the Iguaçu Falls close-by.
Presidente Franco District
Town
Presidente Franco is a district and city of the Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay. Aside from being the oldest city in Alto Paraná Department, it is a place of rich exports of fruits and vegetables. Presidente Franco District is situated 4 km northwest of Iguazu River.
Iguazu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Argentina, South America
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Satellite Map
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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 (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Ігуасу”
- Belarusian: “рака Ігуасу”
- Belarusian: “Рака Ігуасу”
- Bengali: “ইগুয়াসু নদী”
- Breton: “Stêr Iguaçu”
- Bulgarian: “Игуасу”
- Catalan: “Iguaçú”
- Catalan: “rio Iguaçu”
- Catalan: “riu Iguaçú”
- 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: “Iguaçu”
- Dutch: “Iguaçú”
- Dutch: “Rio Iguacu”
- Dutch: “Rio Iguaçu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اجوازو”
- Esperanto: “rivero Iguazuo”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Iguazuo”
- Estonian: “Iguaçu jõgi”
- Estonian: “Iguacu”
- Estonian: “Iguaçu”
- Estonian: “Iguassu”
- Estonian: “Iguazu”
- Estonian: “Iguazú”
- Finnish: “Iguacu”
- Finnish: “Iguaçu”
- Finnish: “Iguassu”
- Finnish: “Iguassú”
- Finnish: “Iguazú”
- French: “Iguaçu”
- French: “Iguazu”
- French: “Rio Iguacu”
- French: “rio Iguaçu”
- French: “Rio Iguaçu”
- French: “Río Iguaçu”
- French: “Rio Iguazu”
- French: “Rio Iguazú”
- French: “Río Iguazu”
- French: “Río Iguazú”
- Galician: “río Iguazú”
- Georgian: “იგუასუ”
- German: “Iguacu”
- German: “Iguacú”
- German: “Iguaçu”
- German: “Iguassu”
- German: “Iguasu”
- German: “Iguazu”
- German: “Iguazú”
- German: “Rio Iguaçu”
- German: “Rio Iguazu”
- German: “Río Iguazú”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ιγκουαζού”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ιγκουασού”
- Guarani: “Ysyry Yguasu”
- Hebrew: “איגואסו”
- Irish: “Abhainn Iguazu”
- Italian: “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: “Iguaçu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iguaçú”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iguassu”
- 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: “Iguazu”
- Romanian: “Iguazú”
- Russian: “Игуасу”
- Scots: “Iguazu River”
- Serbian: “Игвасу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Iguazú”
- Slovak: “Iguaçu”
- Slovak: “Iguazú”
- Slovenian: “Iguacu”
- Slovenian: “Iguaçu”
- Slovenian: “Iguassu”
- Slovenian: “Iguasu”
- Slovenian: “Iguazu”
- Slovenian: “Iguazú”
- Slovenian: “Igvasu”
- Spanish: “Rio Iguazu”
- Spanish: “Rio Iguazú”
- Spanish: “Río Iguazu”
- Spanish: “Río Iguazú”
- Swedish: “Iguaçu”
- Swedish: “Iguaçufloden”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Iguazu River”. Photo: Leonard G., Public domain.