Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is an Ontario city located between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Water from the Great Lakes, after passing through Lake Erie to the south, moves north 36 km along the Niagara River, passing over the Niagara Escarpment at the Falls, and flowing north into Lake Ontario. Because so many people visit the city to see the Falls, there is a large tourist industry; streets in the city are filled with carnival rides, museums, games, and other attractions. At the Falls, visitors can follow a path down behind the Falls, take a cable-car ride over the whirlpool, or ride the Maid of the Mist boat tour right up to the foot of the Falls. There are actually two waterfalls ... the American Falls (on the U.S. side), and the Canadian Falls. Niagara Falls Facts: The water velocity above the Falls is about 0.75 metres per second. The drop from Lake Erie to the Falls is about 18 metres, 15 metres of it in the last section just before the Falls. The deepest part of the Niagara River is just below the Falls .... its depth equals the height of the falls (52 metres). 168,000 cubic metres of water per minute go over the Falls during the day. Brown foam in the water below the Falls isn't industrial pollution ... it's clay and suspended vegetation, from the shallow part of Lake Erie. About 500 other waterfalls around the world are taller then Niagara. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the tallest at 979 metres. But many of these taller waterfalls have little water flow. Niagara's combination of width and water volume are what make them impressive. Have a look at some large images of the falls I took that you can zoom in on. Resources