Niagara; Erosion of the Falls - 1678 to 2006 - Ontario, Canada
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member gemeloj
N 43° 04.750 W 079° 04.732
17T E 656388 N 4771397
Measurement of the rate of recession of Niagara Falls bas been made periodically since 1841
Waymark Code: WMP08Q
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/02/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 25

You can see the falls erosions during several years.
---1678, 1764, 1819, 1842, 1886, 2005

Niagara Falls is a product of erosion. The force of the water tumbling over the Horseshoe Falls continually causes large sections of rock to erode and fall away.
In 1938, the deepest flow of water, which is located at the crest of the Horseshoe Falls, was recorded at 7.6 meters (25 feet). Hydro diversion has reduced the water flow rate.
800 - 600 years ago the Niagara Falls existed as a single water fall. The separation of the water fall into the two water falls: the American & Horseshoe Falls is relatively new in its 12,000 year history.

Recession of the waterfall brought the cascading water to the brink of the bedrock sill known as the Lyell / Johnson Ridge at Hubbard Point. At the Lyell/ Johnson Ridge the cap rock reaches it maximum height above sea level. From this point the height of the Falls diminishes to the site of the current location of the Falls.

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