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Great Gorge Adventure
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The Whirlpool Rapids.
The Niagara river is part of the Great Lakes drainage system which extends westward to the Manitoba border in Canada and northern Minnesota in the United States. Approximately 5664 M 3/sec (200,000 cubic feet per second) of water enters the Niagara River from Lake Erie. Of this amount, one half, 2838 M 3/sec (100,000 CFS) is diverted for electric power generation. The remaining half flows through this gorge. The depth of the river here is estimated to be 10.7M (35 feet) and the water reaches a speed of 35.4 kmh (22 mph) during the rapid descent of the river here. 15.8M in less than 1.6KM (52 feet in less than a mile)
