Niagara Falls

Waterfalls is located 27 kilometers to the north-west of Buffalo, New York, and 120 km to the south-east of Toronto, Ontario, and specifically between the twin cities of Niagara Niagara U.S. and Canada ..

Waterfalls consists of two main islands separated by «Gott» .. The sections are: the American and Canadian side .. And is located on the U.S. side is also a smaller waterfall called «Braydal Phil» means: wedding dress, and separated from the island of waterfalls «Luna» ..



Geologists say that the waterfalls were formed at the end of the last ice age before some 12 thousand years when water poured huge power sweeping the soil before it made up the Great Lakes, and then Niagara River (56 miles 35 miles) en route to the Atlantic Ocean ..



Between Canada and the United States



Waterfalls and glide on both sides of the U.S. border - where the Canadian Falls are the most widespread of the world .. Having taken its name from the Niagara River, which separates the province of Ontario, Canada and the U.S. state of New York .. The name Niagara Original taken some distortion of the word was "Red Indians of the indigenous population they give waterfalls, which means: Straits .. Or: thunder of water .. Ironically, Aboriginal people were denied any access to the white area of waterfalls but the wars waged by the first European adventurers relentlessly indigenous tipped the balance upside down ..



It is worth mentioning that the Niagara Falls where the falling water for more than 12 thousand years of high altitude, causing a loud thundering rate of 170 million cubic meters per minute, was even in 1870 obscured almost hidden from view, and those who wish to watch for after paying a fee equivalent to the dollar of the greedy men who surrounded waterfalls industry laboratories and the high walls on each side ..



But the campaign is very popular succeeded in 1885 to convince Congress and the New York State to pass a law, seen as a waterfalls area of public utility is prohibited monopoly, forcing manufacturers to move their factories away from the waterfalls, which have become had available for free to whom He pleases, which encouraged the creation of thousands of hotels and restaurants , parks, theaters, cinemas, golf courses and shopping centers of all kinds, in addition to dozens of specialized museums, airports and one international ..



Tourism Projects



The influx of tourists from all over the world in the establishment of giant projects in the region to facilitate the visit and the movement to whom He pleases .. There are all kinds of tour buses, trains, planes and boats, as well as helicopter and balloon flights over the Falls and the surrounding area all the way to Ontario in Canada, and Buffalo and New York in the United States ..



The falling water in the U.S. side of the high 56 meters (180 feet) while the width of the waterfalls in this side 328 meters (1075 feet) .. The quantities of water falling, amount to 75 thousand gallons per second .. That's equivalent to ten percent of the water present in the area, but most of them are converted to power generation plants located on both the United States and Canada, where they are generating five million kilowatts a year ..



And look at the most beautiful water roaring during the night are shining bright lights and colorful from each side .. Has seen the American side during the twentieth century facelift and major maintenance to reduce the risk of corrosion, which works against the destruction of the river and the transfer of rocks towards the home where water settle at the bottom. This process lead to the move falls back at a rate of one meter a year, but in the mid sixties of the last century has changed the path of the water temporarily and the development of dam water to enable workers to conduct the necessary The successful restoration of this in reducing the down to be less than one meter every ten years and after the completion of the maintenance operations have been removed the dam and the water returned to normal and that was in 1969 ..



For those who dare



It should be noted that no one dares even today to jump Barrel from the top of waterfalls on the American side, while the oldest on this adventure scores of the Canadian side, the reason that home water on the U.S. side filled rocks, while the Canadian side a wider and more rocks less. The width of the waterfalls in the Canadian side 675 meters (2200 feet) and is horseshoe-shaped, and drops of water from an altitude of 52 meters (170 feet) while the depth of the water in the river after the waterfall is 56 meters (184 feet), and the amount of water falling amounts to more than 168 thousand cubic meters per second ..



Geologists say that the waterfalls were after one of the ten kilometers (7 miles) from its current location and corrosion factors behind the decline in site ..



Behind Waterfalls



Tourists and visitors can enjoy hearing the roar of water from a very short distance from the projection, however, when such a journey that will rob the men of understanding, an experience that can not be a visitor to forget, but to visit the waterfalls is not complete without making the trip.



Can be accessed behind the waterfalls, through tunnels and elevators, each of which accommodates ten people, ending in an open square but a narrow and surrounded by protective fencing is not far only 46 meters (150 feet) of water .. Of course, visitors are provided with protective coats of spray heavy rain falling on the ground which they call the Rock - the table.



Bird family



The Kingdom of bird attached to tourism facilities of the Niagara Falls, the largest of its kind in the world, In this park with multiple floors and fully covered more than 400 birds from around the world fly freely in the park .. the period



In this park, the tourist can be playing with birds .. Fed .. Pick up a souvenir pictures with them .. It can also walk between the palm trees, each rising more than 35 meters .. There is also an artificial waterfall height Muscat water 35 meters into the kingdom of birds that got first place for three consecutive years (2003 2004, 2005) as the best place to attract tourists in the area of waterfalls ..



Botanic Gardens



These parks are set up in 1936 at a distance of nine kilometers to the north of the waterfalls and an area of more than 100 hectares and is the center of the finest institutes of agricultural science in the world ..



The gardens are divided into a large number of specialized areas, this area of flowers and those devoted to fruits and vegetables a third and a fourth of the trees with beautiful colors and changing according to the seasons, and so on .. And visit the gardens for more than three quarters of a million people each year to enjoy watching several thousand different species of plants, which boasts Canada's presence at home ..



Zoo



Have you ever met face to face with a hippo .. Or depending on the giraffe's nose .. Or maybe I dreamed Pets sloth perhaps moving??



A lot of questions and short answer: Yes .. Anything is possible in the zoo of the Niagara Falls, which contains more than 400 different animal brought in from around the world to this park with an area of more than 44 hectares not far from the waterfalls only ten minutes by car .. This is the garden learning center for kids and adults alike .. Valmrushdon they explain everything about various animals .. Her life and habits of eating and drinking, sleeping and reproduction .. Tourists can also enjoy the music that Tazvha roving teams throughout the garden, which has many restaurants and shops selling souvenirs ..