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Iguazu Falls Brazilian Side 2019. The Iguazu Falls experience a humid subtropical climate (Cfa, according to the Köppen climate classification) with abundant precipitation and high temperatures year-round. During the summer of 2006, a severe drought caused the Iguazu River to become diminished, reducing the amount of water flowing over the ...
Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina.With a population of 82,227 (2010 census []), it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado.
The park was created in 1934 to protect one of the greatest natural beauties of Argentina, the Iguazu Falls, surrounded by the subtropical jungle. The Iguazú National Reserve was defined by law 18.801 of 7 October 1970 as constituting the western part of the Iguazú National Park. [1]
The Falls of Iguazú, on the border between Brazil and Argentina, registered a flow of 3.8 million gallons of water per second on Oct. 12, due to heavy rainfall in the area.
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[12] [14] [15] Most of the moisture is dropped on the Chilean side, causing abundant precipitation and cloudiness while on the Argentine side, the air warms adiabatically, causing it to become drier as it descends. [14] [15] Thus, an extensive rain–shadow is present in much of Patagonia, causing it to receive very little precipitation.
Iguaçu National Park (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a national park in Paraná State, Brazil.It comprises a total area of 185,262.5 hectares (457,794 acres) and a length of about 420 kilometers (260 mi), 300 kilometers (190 mi) of which are natural borders by bodies of water and the Argentine and Brazilian sides together comprise around 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres). [1]
Northwest Argentina consists of the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, and western parts of Salta Province, and Tucumán Province. [47] Although Santiago del Estero Province is part of northwest Argentina, much of the province lies in the Chaco region. [34] Northwest Argentina is predominantly dry, hot, and subtropical. [48]