Which world-famous waterfall, located on the border between Argentina and Brazil, is formed by the river of the same name before it meets the Paraná?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Iguazu Falls (Iguazu River)
- Step 1: Iguazu Falls consists of 275 individual waterfalls and cataracts spanning nearly 2.7 kilometers along the Iguazu River.
- Step 2: The most dramatic horseshoe cataract is known as the Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo).
Answer
Iguazu Falls (Iguazu River)
Why not the others: 'Niagara Falls' straddles the US-Canada border on the Niagara River; 'Victoria Falls' is on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe; 'Angel Falls' is an uninterrupted single-drop waterfall in Venezuela.
Practise more Major World Rivers and Drainage Basins.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed General Knowledge mock tests.
More Major World Rivers and Drainage Basins questions
- Which river is widely recognized as the longest river in the world, flowing northward through northeastern Africa into the Mediterranean Sea…
- Which river carries the greatest water discharge volume of any river on Earth, accounting for roughly one-fifth of the world's total river f…
- What is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world, flowing entirely within China?
- Which river is historically celebrated as the 'Cradle of Chinese Civilization', though also known as 'China's Sorrow' due to catastrophic hi…
- Which African river is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths exceeding 220 meters (720 feet)?
- What is the second-longest river in Europe, originating in Germany's Black Forest and flowing through or bordering 10 countries before enter…