马蹄瀑布
马蹄瀑布(英語:Horseshoe Falls,也称作加拿大瀑布),是北美洲尼亚加拉瀑布的一部分,属于尼亚加拉河。该瀑布横跨美国和加拿大两国,马蹄瀑布的约2/3的位于加拿大的安大略省,剩余的1/3位于美国的纽约州西南部接壤地带。[2][3][4]
马蹄瀑布 Horseshoe Falls | |
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位置 | 加拿大,尼亚加拉瀑布城 (安大略省) |
坐标 | 43°04′38″N 79°04′32″W / 43.077305°N 79.07562°W |
类型 | 大瀑布 |
高度 | 167英尺(51米)[1] |
寬度 | 2,700英尺(820米)[1] |
水系 | 尼亚加拉河 |
参考资料
编辑- ^ 1.0 1.1 Niagara Falls [尼亚加拉瀑布]. World Waterfalls Database. [2017-01-28]. (原始内容存档于2020-09-29) (英语).
- ^ Staff report (June 23, 2006). Campaign blunder puts Yankee spin on Canada's national anthem. 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2011-06-28. Regina Leader-Post
- ^ Lee, Matthew (October 29, 2007). Video claims Horseshoe Falls for U.S. (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Toronto Star
- ^ "The international boundary line may pass through the Horseshoe Falls just beyond Terrapin Tower Point, so that the United States are not entitled to as large a portion as Canada of the Horseshoe Falls, which is admittedly not all Canadian." Statement of Mr. J Boardman Scovell. Preservation of Niagara Falls: hearings on the subject of H.R. 26688, Sixty-first Congress, second session, relating to the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River and the preservation of Niagara Falls, held before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives. U.S. G.P.O., 1911