Iguaçu Falls: “An Ocean Plunging Into an Abyss”
Iguaçu Fallsstands at 82 meters high and almost 3 kilometers wide on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
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Greetings from the Brazil-Argentina border, where waterfalls are flowing at near-record rates
• Oct. 22, 2026, 9:50 AM ET (NPR)
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NARRATOR: On the border between Argentina and Brazil, the spectacular Iguaçu Falls thunderously pour over a precipice 82 meters high and nearly 3 kilometers wide.
With a peak rate of flow of 12,750 cubic meters per second, the falls have been described as "an ocean plunging into an abyss."
With a peak rate of flow of 12,750 cubic meters per second, the falls have been described as "an ocean plunging into an abyss."
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