Niagara and Chautauqua . o o . c/) 2 Z 2 O ^ c/) ? > ?- z S Z f d = S3H3NI XIS HiSNin HvniDV. more fresh water pours into the ocean than through the mouth, prob-ably, of any one river in the world. The river over the American Fall falls 159 feet, and over theCanadian 165, the difference being caused by the greater accumulationof rock at the base of the former. The Niagara is never frozen over, but it accumulates more ice thanany other river in the world. The average depth of the river from Lake Erie to the Falls isabout 20 feet. In some places it is over two miles wide. At thenarrowest poin
Niagara and Chautauqua . o o . c/) 2 Z 2 O ^ c/) ? > ?- z S Z f d = S3H3NI XIS HiSNin HvniDV. more fresh water pours into the ocean than through the mouth, prob-ably, of any one river in the world. The river over the American Fall falls 159 feet, and over theCanadian 165, the difference being caused by the greater accumulationof rock at the base of the former. The Niagara is never frozen over, but it accumulates more ice thanany other river in the world. The average depth of the river from Lake Erie to the Falls isabout 20 feet. In some places it is over two miles wide. At thenarrowest point near the Whirlpool, the current is above 40 miles perhour, and at the widest part about four miles per hour. Between the Falls and the Whirlpool, the depth varies from 75 to feet. At the Whirlpool Rapids it is estimated at 250 feet; in the Whirlpool at 400. But it should be recalled that this is the depth of the water alone. The mass of stone, gravel, shale, etc., which in one way and another has been carried into the channel, lies below the water and above the original bottom of the gorge
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