00:01Niagara Falls consists of three waterfalls, Horseshoe Falls, American Falls, and Bridal
00:07Vale Falls, sitting on the border between New York, USA, and Ontario, Canada. More than 5.9
00:14million cubic feet of water gushes over the crest every minute during peak hours. Fed by the Niagara
00:20River, draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Formed about 12,000 years ago when melting glacier at the
00:27end of the last ice age carved out the Great Lakes and the Niagara Gorge. Massive amounts of water are
00:33diverted into underground tunnels and power plants on both sides of the border to create clean energy.
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