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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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Is amicalola falls destryctive or constrctive?
Constructive.
It places down minerals on the cliff as it falls.
What are the names for 10 waterfalls?
Gullfoss Waterfall, Iceland
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Victoria Falls, Zambia
Yosemite Falls, America
Iguazu Falls, Argentina
Dettifoss Falls, Iceland
Niagara Falls, Us, Canada
Jog Falls, India
Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
Haifoss, Iceland
They are made of old rocks that are big and breakable...The rock is under water and it forms into a whirl pool.
What is the role of a geographer?
A geographer studies the current and past characteristics of people and land in various places.
Why did Niagara Falls run dry in 1848?
On the night of March 29, 1848, both sides of Niagara Falls inexplicably ran dry: Apparently an ice jam had formed on Lake Erie, which blocked the water that normally flowed along the Niagara River and over the falls. This "drought" lasted for 30 hours, until the weather and the winds "uncorked" the ice.
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What is the name of the woman who rode down Niagara Falls in a barrel?
Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher, was the first person to ride down Niagara Falls in a pickle barrel on October 24, 1901. Strapped in a leather harness inside the padded barrel, she plunged down Horseshoe Falls and picked up by a boat after. Since that first barrel ride, 15 people have attempted to ride the famous falls, 10 of those survived. Today it is illegal to ride down Niagara Falls.
How high is the laguacu falls?
The Iguazu Falls, located on the border between Argentina and Brazil, has a height of approximately 82 meters (269 feet). It is one of the largest and most spectacular waterfall systems in the world, consisting of nearly 275 individual falls along the Iguazu River. The falls are renowned for their stunning beauty and the surrounding lush rainforest.
What Route do you have to take to get from Winnipeg to Niagara Falls?
- Take TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY 1 EAST to Ontario where the TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY continues as HIGHWAY 17. Continue on (TRANS-CANADA) HIGHWAY 17 EAST to Sudbury where you will EXIT onto HIGHWAY 69 and RR (Regional Road) 46 to TORONTO and SUDBURY. Turn right off the exit ramp onto HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH to TORONTO.
- HIGHWAY 69 becomes an expressway when it becomes HIGHWAY 400. Continue on HIGHWAY 400 SOUTH.
- Take HIGHWAY 400 SOUTH to HIGHWAY 407 ETR (Express Toll Road) at EXIT 26. You want to take HIGHWAY 407 ETR WEST. NOTE: the ETR will cost you an arm and a leg [$16.43 for light vehicles (5,000 kg and under) during off-peak times (Weekdays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Weekdays 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and Weekends & Holidays - All Day) and $18.32 for light vehicles during peak periods (Weekdays 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and Weekdays 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)] but I can assure you it IS well-worth it. Trust me I REALLY ACTUALLY know. Or, you can also take HIGHWAY 401 WEST (EXIT 21 off HIGHWAY 400) to QEW towards NIAGARA via HIGHWAY 403. These routes tend to be a lot busier, however.
- Take HIGHWAY 407 ETR (or HIGHWAY 403) WEST to QEW towards NIAGARA. (EXIT 1 off HIGHWAY 407 ETR if you are taking that route.
- Take QEW to Niagara. To get to The Falls, take HIGHWAY 420 WEST.
What is the name of the American Falls?
The American Falls is the name of the falls.
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There are actually three falls at Niagara Falls, two of which are on the American side. The second, and much smaller American falls is called the Bridal Veil Falls. The Bridal Veil Falls is between the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls, closer to the American Falls.
Do seals live in Niagara Falls?
Seals live in Niagara falls at the Niagara aquarium (in Niagara Falls, USA), and at Marineland on the Canadian side. However, no seals live in the waters of the actual falls or the river that feelds the falls.
Wallaman Falls is the highest single drop waterfall in Australia
It is on the world heritage list
When and where was the first waterfall discovered?
Your question makes a few assumptions that require explanation.
Waterfalls existed on planet earth before any human existed. 'Discovery' implies a documented -- i.e., written proof -- record showing the earliest date. Humans existed with oral traditions before they wrote; native peoples knew and understood the landscapes where they made their lives before 'discoverers' found them.
As a precise answer, however, one could offer this answer, from Wikipedia, about Victoria Falls in Africa, as an example:
"Archaeological sites around the falls have yielded Homo habilis stone artifacts from 3 million years ago, 50,000-year-old Middle Stone Age tools and Late Stone Age (10,000 and 2,000 years ago) weapons, adornments and digging tools.
"Iron-using Khoisan hunter-gatherers displaced these Stone Age people and in turn were displaced by Bantu tribes such as the southern Tonga people known as the Batoka/Tokalea, who called the falls Shungu na mutitima. The Matabele, later arrivals, named them aManz' aThunqayo, and the Batswana and Makololo (whose language is used by the Lozi people) call them Mosi-oa-Tunya.
"All these names mean essentially 'the smoke that thunders'.
"The first European to see the falls was David Livingstone on 17 November 1855, during his 1852--56 journey from the upper Zambezi to the mouth of the river."
