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Waterfalls
A waterfall is a body of water such as a stream that drops according to gravity, usually from a very high altitude due to rock erosion.
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No the the waterfall will last until the rivers that are producing water doesn't stop flowing. It will also end when the river has cut the rock down to a level area. All waterfalls are slowly getting shorter as they erode the upper river bed.
How many waterfalls are there in the river Rhine?
On the border of Switzerland and Germany, near a town called Reischenbach.
After water from Lake Erie flows over Niagara Falls into which Great lake does it flow?
The Niagara River flows from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario.
Who was the first European to see Niagara Falls?
The first European too see Lake Huron was Samuel De Champlain! And how i know this is the right answer is because in my school we are studying Explorers all around the world and "Samuel De Champlain" Happens to be the first European to see Lake Huron! Hope, that you are happy now that you got the answer!
What is the name of natural stream water that is falling from a high place called?
This is generally referred to as a waterfall or cataract.
How do humans affect waterfalls?
well that question is easy and hard.okay lets put it like this, a water fall is water that has escaped from the ocean and flows into a river so if we are polluting the ocean that pollution is dragged to a water fall (all of the water on earth has been in different areas, because water moves. so water from the ocean can end up in a river). so i hope i helped
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locals may be in need of money and build tourist attractions around such as shops, restaurants, hotels and roads. this causes pollution and litter etc. it also ruins the natural views and beauty around the waterfalls. it makes them look less beautiful and maybe less people would want to go and visit them, then they would lose the tourists and will have ruined the area.
Where is a waterfall in a river?
Wherever a river suddenly passes from a higher level to a much lower one. At the vertical, or near-vertical, edge of a hill or mountain.
The Dallas. I hope this answered your question :D
One of the largest waterfall systems in the world?
The largest waterfall in the world is The Victoria Falls in Africa.
Which continent is tugela falls in?
Tugela Falls is the world's second highest waterfall.[1] The total drop in five free-leaping falls is 948 m (3,110 ft). They are located in the Drakensberg(Dragon's Mountains) in the Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa.
Why does a waterfall move from it original position?
As the water cascades over the top edge it erodes the rocks and they fall to the base of the cliff below. The top edge slowly moves upstream and the rate is dependent on the hardness of rocks in the river bed.
Water falls over Hard rock. When it reaches the soft rock, the water starts to wear away the soft rock, this is called erosion. Over hundreds or even thousands of years, the soft rock is slowly eaten away or eroded and the river begins to cut down further into the soft rock. This makes a cliff over which the water can topple. Over time, the cliff becomes steeper as more soft rock is eroded, and deeper as bigger boulders come over the waterfall, and the ground gets beaten with more and more rocks until it creates a plunge pool. Some of the water goes under the waterfall and under cuts the soft rock. More of the hard rock begins to fall away and the waterfall slowly moves upstream.
Water falls are formed when a layer of soft rock is under a layer of hard rock. The soft rock is eroded forming a plunge pool. The hard rock fall in the plunge pool. As this keeps happening both layers stay the same and the water falls to the rivers.
Waterfalls are formed by erosional processes- Hydraulic, corrosion and attrition action. Waterfalls form where rivers meet a less resistant rock, after flowing over more resistant rock. The hard rock eventually collapses into the plunge pool at the bottom and the soft rock is eroded back.
It all starts off on top of a high elevation, such as a mountain, and when it rains the water tumbles down the mountain or hill. Sometimes there is no path for the water to follow so it must fall of the cliff. There is a layer of hard rock underneath the water and soft rock underneath that. The soft rock erodes faster than the hard rock forming a curved ledge underneath the hard rock. A plunge pool would be formed at the bottom once the water had started tumbling down. After some time, the hard rock would erode too, pushing the waterfall upstream over years.
Wherever rain falls the laws of gravity assure that one way or another it will try to reach the ocean. Normally it moves to lower ground by lines of least resistance ie trickle down, first small creeks and streams slowly gathering to meet in a valley to form a river and down to the coast. Sometimes the rainfall on rocky platforms or plateau's can not find a route down hill. This water will gather until there is enough to find the line of least resistance and cascade over the edge of the plateau in a water fall. Over the course of time the rain will gouge out a permanent watercourse at this point
How much water flows over Niagara falls in one hour?
757,500 gallons/sec for both American and Canadian falls
What is the highest waterfall in the eastern united States?
Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California.
What is another name for a small waterfall?
The worlds smallest waterfall is located i south east Africa in the Capetown area, located just north of the city it stands at 5 meters tall Another answer
The smallest natural waterfall in the U.S.A. is located in Newington CT (one of their only sources of natural water and their town logo) at 16 ft or 4.9 meters tall. Check it out; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newington,_Connecticut
How high of the highest of water fall in the world?
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world.
What are the parts of a waterfall?
Waterfalls include water and a formation from which the water falls. Each waterfall may have different components with different names. However, all waterfalls will have a brink (the area leading to the top edge) and the base (where the falling water meets the bottom.)
How waterfalls generates electricity?
Waterfalls can produce energy in the form of hydro-electric power. Because waterfalls are essentially never ending, spinning energy turbines can be placed where the water falls which then causes the spinning of these turbines which ultimately results in a reliable energy source.
