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IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK

IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK. By: Caitlin Irene Spanish 2 Period 1. What?. The Iguazu National Park is a World Heritage site . It’s name came from the Guarani word for “Great Waters”. Translated into Spanish it is “ aguas grandes ”.

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IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK

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  1. IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK By: Caitlin Irene Spanish 2 Period 1

  2. What? • The Iguazu National Park is a World Heritage site. • It’s name came from the Guarani word for “Great Waters”. • Translated into Spanish it is “aguasgrandes”. • The park is a large, protected environmental area in South America.

  3. Where? • The Iguazu National Park is located the northeast part of the Misiones, a province of Argentina. • It is shared with Brazil and is near the border of Paraguay.

  4. Who? • The state and federal governments were the ones who decided to establish it.

  5. When? • It was created on October 9, 1934.

  6. Why? • It was created in order to protect the biological diversity of the subtropical rainforest and the impressive scenery that surrounds the Falls. Coatimundi

  7. How? • The area was being threatened by the construction of roads, so the federal police took action and had it established as a national park.

  8. The Past • The area originally belonged to the Guarani people, before the Spanish and Portuguese arrived there. • They were organized in tribes and were highly knowledgeable about plants and animals. They used the natural resources in the area to survive.

  9. The Present • It is a tourist attraction, but it is also an area that is subject to scientific research because of its natural richness.

  10. How it shapes the country today • It generates revenue for the country because it is a tourist attraction.

  11. Trivia • It’s one of the top 100 waterfalls in the world according to the World Waterfall Database. • It was featured in one of the Indiana Jones movies.

  12. Works Cited • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.enjoy-argentina.org/iguazu-national-park.php • http://argentina.gotolatin.com/eng/attr/htm/Argentina-Iguazu.asp • http://www.eoearth.org/article/Iguacu_National_Park,_Brazil#Date_and_History_of_Establishment • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Provincia_de_Misiones,_Argentina.png • http://www.buenosaires54.com/images/map_iguazu_falls.JPG • http://www.iguassu-misted-falls-vacation.com/culture-of-paraguay.html • http://assets.panda.org/img/parana_deforestation_59793_237241.jpg • http://www.zed.fr/admin//uploads/movie/21/guarani3.jpg • http://www.conciergequestionnaire.com/images/q/bergQ.jpg • http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DL7vtd-dWD5lqM:http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/50800/238691/t/1891450-Iguazu-National-Park-0.jpg&t=1 • http://images.travelpod.com/users/candyandray/1.1214777160.cimg1705.jpg • http://www.world-waterfalls.com/worldsbest.php?orderby=ratMag%20DESC • http://www.worldheritagesite.org/tags/tag588.html • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_qNiJ7J_6cTGPM:http://www.impawards.com/2008/posters/indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_the_crystal_skull_ver2.jpg&t=1

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