Niagara Falls

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Niagara Falls is one of the world’s most famous waterfalls. It forms part of the border between the United States and Canada. Water in the thirty-five-mile-long Niagara River flows east from Lake Erie. It goes over Niagara Falls. Then it goes into Lake Ontario. 

Actually, Niagara Falls is two sets of falls. Goat Island lies between them. American Falls is about 1,060 feet long and 170 feet high. Horseshoe Falls is about 2,600 feet long and 176 feet high. Horseshoe Falls is named for its shape. It carries about nine times more water than American Falls. The thunder of the falling water can be heard more than twenty miles away. When the sun shines on the ever-present 1.1 rising from the water, a rainbow 1.2 in the air. Niagara Falls is a popular destination for tourists and honeymooners. Over the years, it has 1.3 plenty of 1.4, too. An American teacher was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. In 1901, Annie Taylor was 1.5 into a 1.6 and dropped into the Niagara River. She was swept over Horseshoe Falls. When the barrel was 1.7 near the base of Niagara Falls, she was alive but battered and bloody. Others who have tried the same stunt have been badly injured or killed. Often, a daredevil’s 1.8 smashes on the rocks at the bottom. Now anyone who tries such a 1.9 is arrested.

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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is one of the world’s most famous waterfalls. It forms part of the border between the United States and Canada. Water in the thirty-five-mile-long Niagara River flows east from Lake Erie. It goes over Niagara Falls. Then it goes into Lake Ontario. 

Actually, Niagara Falls is two sets of falls. Goat Island lies between them. American Falls is about 1,060 feet long and 170 feet high. Horseshoe Falls is about 2,600 feet long and 176 feet high. Horseshoe Falls is named for its shape. It carries about nine times more water than American Falls. The thunder of the falling water can be heard more than twenty miles away. When the sun shines on the ever-present mist rising from the water, a rainbow glitters in the air. Niagara Falls is a popular destination for tourists and honeymooners. Over the years, it has drawn plenty of daredevils, too. An American teacher was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. In 1901, Annie Taylor was sealed into a barrel and dropped into the Niagara River. She was swept over Horseshoe Falls. When the barrel was retrieved near the base of Niagara Falls, she was alive but battered and bloody. Others who have tried the same stunt have been badly injured or killed. Often, a daredevil’s vessel smashes on the rocks at the bottom. Now anyone who tries such a feat is arrested.

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