Iguaçu Falls

waterfalls on the Igazú River on the border of Misiones, Argentina and Paraná, Brazil
Place waterfall Q36332

Facts

18 properties
Coordinate location
🗺️ -25.695°, -54.437°
Different from
Iguazu, Iguaçu[14][15]
Discharge
+1756[19]
Elevation above sea level
+180[16]
Has characteristic
tourist attraction[11]
Has part(s) of the class
Wikidata item[20]
Height
+82[17]
Located in or next to body of water
Iguazu River[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Misiones Province, Paraná[2][3]
Native label
Cataratas del Iguazú, Cataratas do Iguaçu[12][13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
P14541
2w3Ju0[24]
Width
+2700[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Iguazu Falls en Iguaçu Falls ar شلالات إجوازو ar شلالات ايجوس ar شلالات اجوازو ar شلالات إيجوس cs Iguaçu cs Cataratas del Iguazú cs Cataratas do Iguaçu cs Vodopády Iguaçu cs Iguaçú Falls da Iguaçu-vandfaldene da Iguazúvandfaldet da Iguazu da Iguazú-vandfaldene de Wasserfälle von Iguazu de Wasserfälle von Iguazú de Cataratas del Iguazú de Wasserfälle von Iguacu de Iguazú-Wasserfälle
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
315169026
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2006004238
GND ID
4816633-9
Atlas Obscura place ID
iguazu-falls
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15427532n
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
535184
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Iguacu-Falls
FAST ID
1891216
Freebase ID
/m/0cy6k
GNS Unique Feature ID
-991575
GeoNames ID
3433488
Show all 30 identifiers +18
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Iguazufallene
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1999990
IdRef ID
170553701
Interlingual Index ID
i85559
KBpedia ID
IguacuFalls
NL CR AUT ID
ge222898
Namuwiki ID
이과수 폭포
National Library of Brazil ID
000063390
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007556710405171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5595356
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3914016
OpenStreetMap node ID
361426109
Topic's main category
Category:Iguazu Falls
Vikidia article ID
fr:Chutes_d'Iguaçu
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Waterfall", "Iguazu"]
World Waterfall Database ID
109

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Summary

Iguaçu Falls is a waterfall[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Iguaçu Falls include 1684 Iguassú[25], an asteroid[26].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include 1684 Iguassú[25], an asteroid[26].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FAST ID → 1891216
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+180'}
    GND ID → 4816633-9
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb'
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ GND ID: 4816633-9"
  2. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de France ID → 15427532n
    National Library of Brazil ID → 000063390
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 15427532n"
  3. 16w ago · Chronus · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Aerial Foz de Iguaçu 26 Nov 2005.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Iguazu Décembre 2007 - Panorama 3.jpg"
  4. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2w3Ju0
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → waterfall, horseshoe waterfall
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  6. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2700'}
    Coordinates → —
    Discharge → {'unit': 'Q794261', 'amount': '+1756'}
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||cs */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; normalize text ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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