TIL that the water allowed to flow over the falls varies based on tourism demands (increased flow in summer, decreased in winter), and is defined in a treaty between the US and Canada. Related...
TIL that the water allowed to flow over the falls varies based on tourism demands (increased flow in summer, decreased in winter), and is defined in a treaty between the US and Canada. Related link: Canada-US Niagara River treaty
Also TIL that due to erosion the falls would be receding towards Lake Erie at about 3ft per year, but thanks to the diversion of water for the power plants it's now only about 1ft per year.
And yet another TIL was that the American side of the falls was actually "turned off" temporarily in 1969 so the Army Corps of Engineers could inspect the rocks at the bottom of the cliff face. And finally TIL that the piles of rock at the base of cliffs are called scree AKA talus deposits. :P
TIL that the water allowed to flow over the falls varies based on tourism demands (increased flow in summer, decreased in winter), and is defined in a treaty between the US and Canada. Related link:
Canada-US Niagara River treaty
Also TIL that due to erosion the falls would be receding towards Lake Erie at about 3ft per year, but thanks to the diversion of water for the power plants it's now only about 1ft per year.
And yet another TIL was that the American side of the falls was actually "turned off" temporarily in 1969 so the Army Corps of Engineers could inspect the rocks at the bottom of the cliff face. And finally TIL that the piles of rock at the base of cliffs are called scree AKA talus deposits. :P