American Falls

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natural feature waterfall

American Falls is one of the three major waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls, located on the U.S. side of the Niagara River between New York and Ontario.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Horseshoe Falls 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural feature ⓘ
waterfall ⓘ
adjacentTo Ontario ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crestWidth approximately 260 meters ⓘ
flowRate variable ⓘ
formedBy Niagara River erosion ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
hasObservationPoint Goat Island ⓘ
Luna Island ⓘ
Prospect Point ⓘ
hasRockTalusAtBase true ⓘ
hasType curtain waterfall ⓘ
height approximately 21–34 meters ⓘ
locatedIn New York ⓘ
Niagara River ⓘ
North America ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Niagara Falls State Park ⓘ
locatedOnBorderWith Canada ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Lower Niagara Rapids ⓘ
surface form: Niagara Gorge
majorTourismRegion Niagara Falls ⓘ
nearCity Niagara Falls, New York ⓘ
Niagara Falls region ⓘ
surface form: Niagara Falls, Ontario
numberOfMajorWaterfallsOfNiagaraFalls 3 ⓘ
partOf Niagara Falls ⓘ
positionRelativeToNiagaraFalls eastern section ⓘ
region Western New York ⓘ
river Niagara River ⓘ
separatedFrom Bridal Veil Falls ⓘ
Horseshoe Falls ⓘ
totalHeight approximately 53 meters including rocks at base ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
upstreamOf Bridal Veil Falls (slightly) ⓘ
viewedFrom Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
watercourse Niagara River ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niagara Falls → consistsOf → American Falls ⓘ
American side → hasComponent → American Falls ⓘ
subject surface form: American side of Niagara Falls
Niagara River → hasPart → American Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horseshoe Falls
Niagara River → hasPart → American Falls ⓘ
Prospect Point → hasViewOf → American Falls ⓘ
Skylon Tower → locatedNear → American Falls ⓘ
Cave of the Winds → near → American Falls ⓘ
Niagara Falls State Park → overlooks → American Falls ⓘ
Prospect Point → overlooks → American Falls ⓘ
Queen Victoria Park → overlooks → American Falls ⓘ
Cave of the Winds → viewOf → American Falls ⓘ