尼亚加拉大瀑布英文介绍

尼亚加拉大瀑布英文介绍Niagara Falls comprises three distinct cataracts. The tallest are the American and Brida

尼亚加拉大瀑布英文介绍 Niagara Falls comprises three distinct cataracts. The tallest are the American and Bridal Veil falls on the American side, separated by tiny Luna Island and plunging over jagged rocks in a180ft drop; the broad Horseshoe Falls which curve their way over to Canada are probably the most impressive. They date back amere twelve thousand years, when the retreat of melting glaciers allowed water trapped in Lake Erie to gush north to Lake Ontario. Back then the falls were seven miles downriver, but constant erosion has cut them back to their present site. The falls are colorfully lit up at night, and many say they're most beautiful in winter, when the grounds are covered in snow and the waters turn to ice. The best views on the American side are from the Prospect Point Observation Tower (daily; 50￠), and from the area at its base where the water rushes past; Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the middle of the river has similar views of Horseshoe Falls. The nineteenth-century 14 第页 共页