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Grande Falls

waterfall, South America
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  • Río de la Plata system and its drainage network
    Río de la Plata
    / Physiography of the Uruguay basin

    …between rocky walls in the Grande Falls, a two-mile stretch of rapids with a total descent of 26 feet in 8 miles. At the cataracts, the river narrows suddenly from 1,500 feet to a minimum of 100 feet.

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    …between rocky walls in the Grande Falls, a two-mile stretch of rapids with a total descent of 26 feet in 8 miles. At the cataracts, the river narrows suddenly from 1,500 feet to a minimum of 100 feet.

    Read More