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[[Image:Horshoe Falls f 16th floor of Marriott.jpg|225px|right|thumb|Horseshoe Falls, viewed from 16th floor of a hotel on Fallsview Blvd]] |
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The '''Horseshoe Falls''', also known as the '''Canadian Falls''', is a [[waterfall]] on the [[Niagara River]], located on the [[Canada|Canadian]] side of the border with the [[United States]]. It is located between Terrapin Point on [[Goat Island (New York)|Goat Island]] in [[New York State]], and Table Rock House in [[Ontario]]. |
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* '''Vanya''' is the ''male'' [[diminutive]] of the Russian/Slavic given name [[Ivan]], meaning "Gift of God". It is the Russian/Slavic form of John. |
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The name is derived from its curving, horseshoe-shaped crest that is 671 meters (2,200 ft) in width. At the center of the Horseshoe Falls the water is about 3 meters |
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(10 ft) deep. It passes over the crest at a speed of about 32 km/h (20 mph). The falls is 53 meters (173 ft) high, has an average crest elevation of 152 meters500 ft) and faces northwards. The depth of the river at the base of the falls is actually higher than the falls itself, estimated at 56 metres (184 ft). |
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*'''Vanya''' is the name of an [[Indonesian]] soap opera |
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The Horseshoe Falls is considered to be the most impressive of the three falls that make up [[Niagara Falls]]. Approximately 90% of the water of the [[Niagara River]] flows over Horseshoe Falls, while the other 10% flows over the [[American Falls]]. |
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The falls continually produces a large amount of [[mist]], which renders viewing them difficult. The amount of natural mist has been reduced since the early [[20th century]] by the diversion of most of the water from the Niagara River for [[hydroelectricity]]. It is observable at a direct angle from the Canadian side, and at a steep angle on the U.S. side on Goat Island. The ''[[Maid of the Mist]]'' boat offers tours which approach the base of the falls. |
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The [[Niagara Scow]] has rested approximately 700 metres from the edge of the falls since it was caught against a [[shoal|rock shoal]] in 1918, and a plaque today informs tourists of the history of the small shipwreck that has sat perched just above the falls for nearly a century without being dislodged. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=horseshoe+falls,+niagara+falls,+ontario,+canada&ll=43.079581,-79.076114&spn=0.034761,0.047808&t=k&hl=en Google satellite image] |
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[[Category:Niagara Falls, Ontario]] |
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[[pt:Cataratas Canadenses]]You suck monkey nuts!!! |
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Revision as of 02:48, 19 October 2006
Vanya may mean:
- Vanya is the male diminutive of the Russian/Slavic given name Ivan, meaning "Gift of God". It is the Russian/Slavic form of John.
- Vanya is the name of an Indonesian soap opera
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