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Niagara Falls

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NIAGARA FALSE

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Niagara Falls — a complex of waterfalls on the Niagara River,
separating the US state of New York from the Canadian
province of Ontario.
Although the elevation difference is not very great, the falls are
very wide, and in terms of the volume of water passing through
it, Niagara Falls is the most powerful in North America.
Niagara Falls began its existence about 12 thousand years ago

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This waterfall has been tried many
times to conquer. But it usually
ended tragically. The first person to
go down in a barrel and conquer
Niagara was a teacher, aged 63.

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The height of the waterfalls is 53 meters. The foot of the
American waterfall is obscured by a pile of rocks, which is why
its apparent height is only 21 meters. The width of the
American waterfall — 323 meters, the waterfall "Horseshoe" 792 meters. The volume of falling water reaches 5700 m3/s or
more

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Niagara Falls in the cross section

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Frederick Olmsted is a man who played a key role in the
creation of public parks around Niagara Falls.

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The beauty of this natural wonder attracts many tourists from
all over the world, which contributes to the prosperity of the
cities located on the banks of the falls-Niagara Falls in New
York, USA (top) and Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada (bottom).

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Pleasure boat in front of the waterfall
American falls and the waterfall, "the Veil" (to the right)
The water drop line of
the "Horseshoe"
waterfall»

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Niagara Falls from a bird's eye view

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