Parana River

The Paraná river is born of the meeting of two important Brazilian rivers: the Grande (Big) and Paranaíba, at approximately 20° South and 51° West. From its beginning it has a width of more than 1 km. Together with the river Parnaíba as its natural prolongation, the river Paraná has an extension of 4000 km.

Leaving of the fork of the Big rivers and Paranaíba, the river Paraná runs in Brazilian territory with southeast general orientation for about 619 km to reach the Waterfalls of Seven Falls (sunk by the barragem of Itaipu), from this point, goes south, starting to do border between Brazil and Paraguay in an extension of 190 km to the mouth of the river Iguaçú, starting from where it becomes limit, between Argentina and Paraguay.

In the proximities of the Apipé River, placed about 468 km of the mouth of the river Iguaçú, the orientation of the river moves to west, direction that conserves until the fork of the