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Water flow over Niagara Falls ranges from 5,000 to 21,000 cubic feet per second for American Falls and 45,000 to 190,000 cubic feet per second for Horseshoe Falls. Cohoes Falls generates about 190,000 megawatt hours (i.e. 190 gigawatt hours) of electricity a year. Niagara Falls produces about 2.4 gigawatts in New York and 2.0 gigawatts in Canada.
The American Falls is the second largest of the three waterfalls that together are known as Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border.Unlike the much larger Horseshoe Falls, of which approximately 90% is in Ontario, Canada, and 10% in the U.S. state of New York, [2] the American Falls is entirely within the United States.
Taughannock Falls State Park (/ t ə ˈ ɡ æ n ə k / tə-GAN-ək) is a 750-acre (3.0 km 2) state park [2] located in the town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York in the United States. The park is northwest of Ithaca near Trumansburg .
Salmon River (Lake Champlain) Salmon River (New York) Salmon River (Raquette River tributary) Salmon River (St. Lawrence River tributary) Sandusky River (Seneca River tributary) Sandy Creek (Jefferson County, New York) Sandy Creek (Monroe County, New York) Sangerfield River; Saranac River; Sauquoit Creek; Saw Kill; Saw Kill (Esopus Creek ...
The Seneca River flows 61.6 miles (99.1 km) [3] through the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York in the United States. The main tributary of the Oswego River – the second-largest river flowing into Lake Ontario – the Seneca drains 3,468 square miles (8,980 km 2) in parts of fourteen New York counties. The Seneca flows generally east, and ...
Cohoes Falls – A waterfall on the Mohawk River, and a source of water power to early industry Peebles Island – An island at the south part of the town Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (formerly General Electric Silicone Products) – Manufacturer of silicone products and specialty chemicals , may be largest employer in the town
The Genesee River (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː / JEN-iss-EE) is a tributary of Lake Ontario flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York in the United States. The river contains several waterfalls in New York at Letchworth State Park and Rochester .
The Oswego River also serves as a part of the New York State Canal System, providing a route from the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario. This section of the canal was completed in 1827, two years after completion of the Erie Canal. In 1917, as part of a general overhaul of the canal system, the Oswego Canal was deepened and refurbished.