Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Iguassu Falls

Though not the biggest or highest waterfall in the world, the Iguassu Falls provide the grandest spectacle. There are 275 separate channels through which the water cascades 72m down into a narrow gorge named La Garganta del Diablo or 'Devil's Throat'. Since it lies on the border between Argentina and Brazil, the 3-kilometre-wide waterfall can be viewed from two sides, like the Niagara Falls.
From November to March, at the height of the rainy season, around 13.6 million litres of water pour into the Devil's Throat every second! This is enough to fill six Olympic-sized swimming pools. And the thunderous noise of the Falls in full flood can be heard over a distance of 24 km. 'Iguassu' means 'big water' in the local language. The natives believe that a god ripped open a gorge in the earth to make the waterfall.

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Last updated on :6/29/2003