Brazilian waterfall fills to the brim
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Your support makes all the difference.Tourists visiting the spectacular Iguazu Falls in Foz do Iguazu in southern Brazil this week where, because of recent heavy rains, the flow of water has increased from 1,500 to 6,500 cubic metres per second.
The falls are on the border of the Brazilian State of Parana and the Argentine province of Misiones. The waterfall system, which consists of 275 falls along 1.7 miles (2.7km), divides the river into the upper and lower Iguazu.
Legend has it they were created when a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. The enraged god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.
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