Iguaçu National Park is a protected area in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil, which includes the Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls, one of the greatest waterfalls in the world, along the border with Argentina. The river plunges over a broad cliff in some two hundred and seventy-five separate falls, with the most spectacular section, known as the Devil's Throat, at the border. The park protects a large area of Atlantic Forest, home to jaguars, tapirs, giant otters and a great variety of birds and butterflies. It was one of the first national parks created in Brazil and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1986, together with the Argentine park on the other bank.
Before and after
- from 1939 to 1944World War II in Albania
- 1939Construction of Berlin-Tegel Airport
- 1939The Sutton Hoo ship burial is excavated
- 5 January 1939Death of Amelia Earhart
- 10 January 1939Establishment of Iguaçu National Park
- 25 January 1939Establishment of Badlands National Park
- 28 January 1939Death of William Butler Yeats
- from April 1939 to May 1945Adriatic Campaign of World War II
- 7 April 1939Birth of Francis Ford Coppola
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