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Iguazu River

The 134th longest river in the world

1,320 km

The Iguazu River or Rio Iguassu (Rio Iguaçu [ˈʁi.u iɡwaˈsu], Río Iguazú [ˈri.o iɣwaˈsu], from Guarani y guasú 'big water'), is a river in Brazil and Argentina. It is an important tributary of the Paraná River. The Iguazu River is 1,320 kilometres (820 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 62,000 km2 (24, 000 mi2).

Flows through: Argentina, Brazil.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

Other major rivers

  1. Amazon6,992 km
  2. Nile6,650 km
  3. Yangtze River6,300 km
  4. Bian River5,806 km
  5. Yellow River5,464 km
  6. Paraná River4,880 km
  7. River Congo4,700 km
  8. Mekong River4,350 km