Niagara River
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The Niagara River is a short but powerful river in North America that flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and is renowned for forming the famous Niagara Falls along the U.S.–Canada border.
Aliases (4)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international river
→
river → |
| contains | Niagara Falls → |
| continent | North America → |
| country |
Canada
→
United States of America → |
| crossedBy |
Queenston-Lewiston Bridge
→
surface form: "Lewiston–Queenston Bridge"
Peace Bridge → Rainbow Bridge → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge → |
| drainsFrom | Lake Erie NERFINISHED → |
| flowsDirection | generally south to north → |
| flowsInto | Lake Ontario → |
| flowsPast |
Buffalo
→
surface form: "Buffalo, New York"
Fort Erie, Ontario → Lewiston, New York → Niagara Falls, New York → Niagara Falls →
surface form: "Niagara Falls, Ontario"
Queenston, Upper Canada →
surface form: "Queenston, Ontario"
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| formsBorderBetween |
Canada
→
United States of America → |
| governingTreaty | Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 → |
| hasAverageDischarge |
approximately 200,000 cubic feet per second
→
approximately 5,700 cubic metres per second → |
| hasEcologicalRole | connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario ecosystems → |
| hasEconomicImportance | major tourist attraction due to Niagara Falls → |
| hasGorge |
Lower Niagara Rapids
→
surface form: "Niagara Gorge"
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| hasIsland |
Beaver Island
→
Goat Island → Grand Island → Navy Island NERFINISHED → |
| hasMouthRegion | western end of Lake Ontario → |
| hasPart |
American Falls
→
Bridal Veil Falls → American Falls →
surface form: "Horseshoe Falls"
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| hasRapids |
Lower Niagara Rapids
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Upper Niagara Rapids → |
| hasSourceRegion | eastern end of Lake Erie → |
| hasWaterfallDrop | approximately 99 metres total from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario → |
| length |
approximately 36 miles
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approximately 58 kilometres → |
| locatedIn |
New York
→
surface form: "New York State"
Ontario → |
| managedBy | International Niagara Board of Control → |
| notableFeature | Niagara Falls → |
| partOf |
Great Lakes region
→
surface form: "Great Lakes Basin"
Niagara Escarpment →
surface form: "Niagara Escarpment region"
|
| usedFor |
hydroelectric power generation
→
navigation → recreation → |
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Niagara River (approximate, via Front Park setting)"
this entity surface form: "Niagara River watershed"
subject surface form: "American side of Niagara Falls"
this entity surface form: "Niagara Whirlpool"
this entity surface form: "Niagara Gorge"
this entity surface form: "Niagara River watershed"