Iguaçu River
The Iguaçu River is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil.Photo: Gerson Tavares, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Iguacu River”, “Rio Iguacu”, and “Rio Iguaçu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estação Gramacho.
Estação Gramacho
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 br.
Estação Gramacho is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duque de Caxias and Santa Cruz da Serra.
Duque de Caxias
Photo: Luiz Antonio Silva, CC BY 3.0.
Duque de Caxias is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in the Grande Rio region, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast of Brazil.
Santa Cruz da Serra
Suburb
Santa Cruz da Serra is a neighborhood in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, located in the 3rd district of the city of Duque de Caxias, 20 km from Petrópolis and 35 km from the city center. Santa Cruz da Serra is situated 9 km north of Iguaçu River.
Vigário Geral
Suburb
Photo: Eduardo P, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vigário Geral is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro with a large favela. It is infamous for the Vigário Geral massacre that occurred here in 1993. Vigário Geral is situated 10 km south of Iguaçu River.
Iguaçu River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.72117° or 22° 43′ 16″ southLongitude
-43.29251° or 43° 17′ 33″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
589R7PH4+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 326251936OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
3473540Wikidata ID
Q5994422
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Satellite Map
Discover Iguaçu River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Iguaçu River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Iguaçu”
- Cebuano: “Rio Iguaçu”
- Dutch: “Iguaçu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ايجواكو”
- Irish: “Abhainn Iguaçu”
- Portuguese: “Rio iguaçu (nova iguaçu)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Iguaçu (Nova Iguaçu)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Iguaçu (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Iguaçu”
- Slovenian: “Iguaçu”
- Slovenian: “reka Iguaçu”
- Slovenian: “Rio Iguaçu”
- Swedish: “Rio Iguaçu”
- Welsh: “Afon Iguaçu”
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Notable Places Nearby
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