Iguazu Falls is located on the border between Argentina and Brazil where the Iguazu River plunges over the edge of the Paraná Plateau into the Iguazu and Paraná Rivers. The magnificent array of waterfalls was first seen by a European explorer in 1541 and is now one of the most popular natural tourist destinations in South America, receiving many visitors each year. Iguazu Falls is compared to Victoria Falls in Southern Africa, which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe, though Iguazu is wider while Victoria has a single larger curtain of falling water.

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2. Iguazu Falls is located where the Iguazu River tumbles over the edge of the Paraná Plateau, 23 kilometres upriver from the Iguazu's confluence with the Paraná River. This magnificent array of Iguazu falls is located on the border between Argentina and Brazil

3. In 1541, Andalusian Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to see this wondercalled "Jumping Santa Maria."

4. Visited by many people every year, the Iguazu Falls are one of the more popular natural tourist destinations in South America.

5. Iguazu is also often compared with Southern Africa's Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe. Iguazu is wider, but because it is split into about 275 discrete falls and large islands, Victoria is the largest curtain of water in the world, at over 1,600 m (5,249 ft) wide and over 100 m (328 ft) in height (in low flow Victoria is split into five by islands; in high flow it can be uninterrupted). The only wider falls are extremely large rapid-like falls such as the Boyoma Falls .