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Iguazu River varies significantly depending on season. At two sites, one located just above and another just below the falls, the water at both varied from about 15.5 to 29 °C (60–84 °F), and average was just below 22 °C (72 °F). The
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Description of two new species of
Crenicichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the lower Iguazú River with a taxonomic reappraisal of C. iguassuensis, C. tesay and C. yaha.
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Occurrence of the non-native fish
Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier, 1816), in a global biodiversity ecoregion, Iguaçu River, Paraná River basin, Brazil.
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Impact assessment of the introduction of Cichla kelberi in a large
Neotropical reservoir and its lateral lagoons (Upper Paraná River Basin, Brazil).
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Structure and dynamics of the planktonic diatom community in the
Iguassu River, Paraná State, Brazil.
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Non-native fish invasion of
Neotropical ecoregion with high endemism: a review of the Iguaçu River.
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species and isolating species above and below. This also means that, except for the threatened
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Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia; Biswas, Asit K. (2008).
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crustacean are locally common in the Iguazu River Basin.
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Piálek, Dragová, Casciotta, Almirón & Řičan (2015).
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Daga, Debona, Abilhoa, Gubiani & Vitule (2016).
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is typically near-neutral, ranging from 5.9 to 8.7.
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828:Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes
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572:boundary between Brazil and Argentina
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915:"Iguazú y la tierra del agua grande"
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1107:"Brazil battles oil spill threat"
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1059:Ferrareze & Nogueira (2015).
987:Aquatic Invasions 11(2): 209-223.
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473:Rio Negro (Iguazu), Rio Xopim
128:Physical characteristics
34:River in Brazil and Argentina
29:Iguaçu River (Rio de Janeiro)
1028:Historia Natural 5(2): 5-27.
301: • elevation
212:1,200 m (3,900 ft)
208: • elevation
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1089:p. 45. Science Publishers.
1006:Peixes do baixo rio Iguaçu.
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766:List of rivers of Argentina
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378: • location
339: • location
313:1,320 km (820 mi)
234: • location
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43:Iguaçu, Iguazu rio, Iguassu
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771:List of rivers of Brazil
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305:110 m (360 ft)
1180:Argentina–Brazil border
1050:Retrieved 28 July 2016.
708:Odontesthes bonariensis
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72:Rio de la Plata Basin
941:PES Serra da Baitaca
724:Environmental issues
702:Prochilodus lineatus
592:Iguazú National Park
588:Iguaçu National Park
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289:-25.59250; -54.59167
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1140:Rivers of Argentina
903:GEOnet Names Server
888:GEOnet Names Server
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856:"Parana (La Plata)"
624:undescribed species
423:Basin features
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448:River system
383:Iguazu Falls
346:(near mouth)
227:Paraná River
141:Serra do Mar
57:Iguazu Falls
18:Iguaçu River
899:Rio Iguassu
803:Google Maps
612:subtropical
521:Rio Iguassu
460:Tributaries
428:Progression
287: /
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114:Campo Largo
70:Map of the
1134:Categories
1112:BBC Online
948:2016-09-20
925:2024-07-09
884:Río Iguazú
869:Rio Iguaçu
807:GeoLocator
787:References
644:rheophilic
512:Río Iguazú
499:Rio Iguaçu
495:Portuguese
318:Basin size
275:54°35′30″W
272:25°35′33″S
182:49°00′11″W
179:25°23′30″S
734:Araucária
730:crude oil
655:migratory
533:Argentina
369:Discharge
330:Discharge
251:Argentina
96:Argentina
88:Countries
1043:Archived
760:See also
738:Curitiba
636:cichlids
596:Paraguay
564:Curitiba
154:Curitiba
109:Curitiba
83:Location
1040:Igussu.
1009:EDUEM.
697:hilarii
686:kelberi
671:tilapia
640:endemic
628:catfish
606:Ecology
525:í Guazú
508:Spanish
1119:7 June
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695:Brycon
684:Cichla
679:dorado
560:Paraná
550:Course
529:Brazil
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310:Length
255:Brazil
247:Paraná
162:Brazil
158:Paraná
137:Source
102:Cities
92:Brazil
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736:near
717:Aegla
222:Mouth
152:Near
1121:2012
1091:ISBN
833:ISBN
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