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Niagara Falls
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View from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, New York. Location Niagara Falls
(Ontario[=>]
, Canada[=>]
& New York[=>]
, USA[=>]
) Coordinates[=>]
43°04′48″N 79°04′16″W / 43.080°N 79.071°W / 43.080; -79.071 (Niagara Falls)[=>]
Coordinates[=>]
: 43°04′48″N 79°04′16″W / 43.080°N 79.071°W / 43.080; -79.071 (Niagara Falls)[=>]
Type[=>]
Segmented Block Total height 167 ft (52 m) Number of drops 3; Horseshoe Falls, American Falls & Bridal Veil Falls Watercourse Niagara River The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls[=>]
on the Niagara River[=>]
, straddling the international border[=>]
between the Canadian province[=>]
of Ontario[=>]
and the U.S. state[=>]
of New York[=>]
. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York[=>]
and 75 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario[=>]
, between the twin cities[=>]
of Niagara Falls, Ontario[=>]
, and Niagara Falls, New York[=>]
. Niagara Falls is composed of two major sections separated by Goat Island[=>]
: Horseshoe Falls[=>]
, the majority of which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls[=>]
on the American side. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls[=>]
are also located on the American side, separated from the main falls by Luna Island[=>]
. Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation[=>]
(the last ice age[=>]
), and water from the newly-formed Great Lakes[=>]
carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment[=>]
en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m³) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow,[1][=>]
and a
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