Ecosystem
Iguazu
Spanish Iguazu is pronounced roughly ee-gwah-SOO; English readers commonly mispronounce it by giving the z its English sound and stressing the wrong syllable.
Also Known As Iguacu
Tropical Rainforest
Iguazu National Park, on the Argentine side of the Iguazu Falls, covers 677 square kilometers of subtropical jungle within the Alto Parana Atlantic forest ecoregion. The Brazilian park across the border uses the Portuguese spelling Iguacu. The name comes from the Guarani for large water. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Biogeographic Realm Protected Status Area (sq km) Iguazu
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Source Iguazu National Park (Wikipedia)
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1. Iguazu National Park (Wikipedia)
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The Iguazú National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Iguazú) is a national park of Argentina, located in the Iguazú Department, in the north of the province of Misiones, Argentine Mesopotamia. It has an area of 677 km2 (261 sq mi).
- Biogeographic realm: neotropic (derived from location stated in entity description)
Protected status (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
Iguazu National Park, on the Argentine side of the Iguazu Falls, covers 677 square kilometers of subtropical jungle within the Alto Parana Atlantic forest ecoregion.
Hosts: South American Coati, Fauna section
birds like the great dusky swift and large toucans, mammals like the coati
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