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Definition of Guaira falls
1. Noun. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
Group relationships: Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic Of Brazil, Paraguay, Republic Of Paraguay, Parana, Parana River
Generic synonyms: Falls, Waterfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guaira Falls
Literary usage of Guaira falls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"... to the guaira falls. The natives were found to be well disposed. They cultivate
maize, tobacco, beans, and cotton, from which they weave ponchos and ..."
2. Classification: Class E-F: America by Charles Allcott Flagg, Charles Martel (1913)
"Their influence spread rapidly on both sides of the Parana River above the Guaira
Falls, in the modern Brazilian states of Parana, Säo Paulo and Mat to ..."
3. Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status by Joachim Carolsfeld (2003)
"... the Upper and High Parana River sections, is the Salto das Sete Quedas (Guaira
Falls) and canyon in the Serra de Maracuja of southeastern Brazil. ..."
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