Wikijunior:World Heritage Sites/Iguazú-Iguaçu

The Iguazú National Park is a national park in Argentina and Brazil. The name of the park in Portuguese is Iguaçu National Park.





The Iguazú National Park contains the world-famous Iguazu Falls (see picture), the Iguazu river and is surrounded subtropical jungle. Many animals live in the park on both sides of the border including: jaguars, ocelots (also called the dwarf leopard) and anteaters. The Iguazu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu, Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú, Guaraní: Chororo Yguasu) are up to 82 metres high and 2.7 kilometres wide. The waterfalls were recently seen in the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull film.