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Iguassu Falls Argent
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Bertoni Museum
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Natives
Apr, 20/2024
02:42pm
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Curiosities

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Iguassu Falls 1920s by Burton Holmes
Meaning of some words
 
Iguassu Falls 1920s by Burton Holmes
click to enlargeIguassu Falls 1920s by Burton Holmes
Check one of the old videos of Iguassu Falls
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Meaning of some words
Paraguay: it is related a native tribe Payagua that lived on the river banks of the river
Uruguay: uru-river ("the river of the uru bird"), uru is a common noun of a spot-winged wood-quail) Odontophorus capueira
Argentina: female name after Argentum, silver in Latin
Parana: native language that means like the sea or as big as the sea
Itaipu: the stone that sings
Y-guazu: big water
Average flow of the Iguassu Falls is 60,034 (cubic ft) / s

Amount: square km 1
Equals: square miles 0.386102

Amount: 1 m3 / s
Equals: 35.3146667 (cubic ft) / s

Amount: 1 cubic meter per second (m3/sec of flow rate)
Equals: 35.31 cubic feet per second (cu ft/sec / flow rate)

Amount: 1 meter
Equals: 3.28084 feet


Iguassu Falls flood in April 28, 2007A little more

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