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*”niagara falls” is the collective name for ‘3 waterfalls’ that straddle the international border between ‘canada’ + the ‘united states’)
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(more specifically, between the province of ‘ontario’ + the state of ‘new york’*)
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(they form the southern end of the ‘niagara gorge’)
(from largest to smallest, the 3 waterfalls are the ‘Horseshoe Falls’, the ‘American Falls’, and the ‘Bridal Veil Falls’)
(the ‘Horseshoe Falls’ lies on the border of the ‘United States’ and ‘Canada’ with the ‘American Falls’ entirely on the American side, separated by ‘Goat Island’)
(the smaller ‘Bridal Veil Falls’ are also on the American side, separated from the other waterfalls by ‘Luna Island’)
(the international boundary line was originally drawn through ‘Horseshoe Falls’ in 1819, but the boundary has long been in dispute due to natural erosion and construction)
(located on the ‘Niagara River’, which drains ‘Lake Erie’ into ‘Lake Ontario’, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world that has a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50 m))
(‘Horseshoe Falls’ is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height and flow rate)
(the falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York, and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Toronto, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, ‘New York’)
(‘Niagara Falls’ was 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, ‘Niagara Falls’ is very wide)
(more than six million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow, and almost four million cubic feet (110,000 m3) on average)
(“Niagara Falls” is famed both for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power)
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*balancing [‘recreational’ / ‘commercial’ / ‘industrial’ uses] has been a challenge for the ‘stewards’ of the ‘falls’ since the ‘1800s’*
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