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Definition: Niagara River |
Niagara RiverNoun1. A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Niagara RiverSynonym: Niagara (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Niagara River flows to the north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It serves as the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and New York state in the United States.
The river is about 56 kilometres (35 miles) long and includes Niagara Falls along its course. The falls is thought to have moved upstream 11 kilometers (7 miles) in the last 12,000 years but modern diversion of the river for power generation has reduced the erosion to a minuscule amount. Power plants on the river are the Adam Beck Generating Station built in 1954, on the Canadian side, and the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, built in 1961, on the American side. The sites power 4.4 gigawatts of electrical generation. The river flow is also regulated by the International Control Works built in 1954. Shipping on the Great Lakes bypasses the Niagara River and Falls on the Welland Canal.
The total drop in elevation along the river is 99 meters (326 feet). The Upper Niagara Rapids drop 50 feet in a half mile before the Falls. The Niagara Gorge extends seven miles downstream of the Falls and includes the Niagara Whirlpool and another section of rapids.
The Niagara River features two large islands: Grand Island and Goat Island. The western end of the Erie Canal is near Grand Island. Goat Island spilts Niagara Falls into the American and Horseshoe Falls.
Three international bridges cross the river: the Peace Bridge at Buffalo, the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls and the Niagara River Bridge between Lewiston and Queenston. Two bridges link Grand Island with both shores and the American Rapids Bridge links Goat Island to the American shore.
Cities on the Niagara River include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Niagara River."
Crosswords: Niagara River |
| English words defined with "Niagara River": Niagara Falls. (references) |
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 | Niagara Falls as seen during Shoals Lidar survey of Niagara River.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | News note: two brothers were rescued from floating ice in Niagara River as it neared the falls.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Man stranded on rocks in the Niagara River.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Niagara River at Queenston, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lewiston & Queenston Suspension bridge, Niagara River, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Chippewa entering Niagara River.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Youngstown, Niagara River.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Water works and Niagara River, Buffalo, N.Y.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Niagara River.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rapids from Niagara River Elevator Company's platform.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-i-i-n-r-r-r-v" | |
-4 letters: agrarian, arranger, arriving, averring, grainier. | |
-5 letters: anergia, angaria, angrier, arraign, arrange, arriver, earring, grainer, rainier, rangier, ravager, rearing, reaving, reiving, riviera, vaginae, vinegar. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 61 67 61 72 61 52 69 76 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01100001 01100111 01100001 01110010 01100001 00100000 01010010 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i a g a r a   R i v e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0061 0067 0061 0072 0061 0052 0069 0076 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4875677367846725275887184 |
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