Niagara

Grojogan Niagara ya iku sawijining grojogan gedhé kang dunungé ana ing Kali Niagara, ya iku ing tlatah tapel wates antara Kanada lan Amérika Sarékat, misahaké Provinsi Ontario Kanada lan Praja New York Amérika Sarékat. Grojogan iki dumunung kira-kira 17 mil (27 km) arah lor-lor-kulon saka Buffalo, New York, 75 mil (120 km) kidul-kidul-wétan saka Toronto, Ontario, antara kutha kembar Niagara Falls, Ontario, lan Niagara Falls, New York.

Grojogan Niagara wujud rong pérangan kang pinisah déning Goat Island: Grojogan Tapel Jaran, ing sisih Kanada lan Grojogan Amérika ing sisih nagara Amérika Sarékat. Grojogan kang luwih cilik ya iku Bridal Veil Falls uga dumunung ing sisih Amérika, dipisah saka grojogan mligi déning Pulo Luna. Grojogan Niagara dumadi nalika glaciers mandheg ing pungkasané Wisconsin glaciation (pungkasan abad ès), lan banyu saka telaga anyar Great Lake mili ngliwati Niagara Escarpment menyang Samodra Atlantik. Grojogan Niagara kawentar amarga kaéndahané lan minangka sumber ènergi listrik hidro. Nata kasaimbangan minangka panggonan rekreasi, komersial lan indhustri ngrupaaké tantangan kanggo kang kajibah ngreksa grojogan mau wiwit taun 1800an.

Karakteristik

Grojogan Niagara kapérang dadi loro ya iku Grojogan Tapel Jaran lan Grojogan Amérika. Grojogan Tapel Jaran dhuwuré watara 173 feet (53 m). Grojogan Amérika dhuwuré udakara 70 feet (21 m).

Uga delengen

• Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Niagara Falls, New York
• Niagara Scow
• Ontario Hydro
• Welland Canal
• Incline railways at Niagara Falls
• Table Rock, Niagara Falls
• Grojogan Iguazu

Sumber

• The Earth, Tarbuck and Lutgens, 1987
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States
• "Niagara Falls at Thunder Alley"
• "Hydro One Historical Timeline" Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine.

Pranala njaba

• • Niagara Falls - History of Power Historical and engineering data on the U.S. and Canadian power stations
  • Geology of Niagara Falls
  • Panorama Archived 2006-10-09 at archive.ph Niagara Falls Panorama found at Queen's Park Toronto.
  • Niagara Falls Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. Guidebooks from the 19th Century Digitally-recreated 19th century guidebooks
  • Niagara Falls Views in Four Seasons Archived 2007-02-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Historic Niagara Digital Collections Archived 2007-12-14 at the Wayback Machine.

  Gladri

  

  1837 woodcut of Niagara Falls, from Etats Unis d'Amerique by Roux de Rochelle.

  

  Niagara Falls at night

  

  A view of the Niagara Falls Canadian skyline

  

  Aerial view of Niagara Falls, with American Falls on the left and the Horseshoe Falls on the right

  

  View of Niagara Falls, showing parts of Canada and the United States