Fun facts about Iguazu falls

With more than 275 falls, the Iguazu are the most majestic of water falls.

The rainforest delta surrounding the falls boasts a whopping 2,000 species of plants.

Iguacu is wider than Lake Victoria on the Zambian/Zimbabwean border.

There is a scenic rainbow formed on the waterfalls caused by the refraction of light against the mist caused by thundering waters.

Iguazu's surrounding forest is home to the opossum, he only marsupial that is found outside Australia.

The rainy season of November through March sees a surge in the waterfalls water that can go to as high as 450,000 cubic feet per second.

There is a point in the water falls that an observer can stand and get enveloped by about 260 degrees of waterfalls.