<Tr> <Th> Watercourse </Th> <Td> Iguazu River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Average flow rate </Th> <Td> 1,756 m / s (62,010 cu ft / s) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Iguazu Falls, Iguazú Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls (Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú (kataˈɾatas ðel iɣwaˈsu); Guarani: Chororo Yguasu (ɕoɾoɾo ɨɣwasu); Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu (kataˈɾatɐs du iɡwaˈsu)) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná . They are the largest waterfalls system in the world . The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu . The Iguazu River rises near the city of Curitiba . For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil; however, most of the falls are on the Argentine side . Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil . </P> <P> The name "Iguazú" comes from the Guarani or Tupi words "y" (ɨ), meaning "water", and "ûasú "(waˈsu), meaning "big". Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe . In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall . The first European to record the existence of the falls was the Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541 . </P>

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