Niagara River
watercourse on the boundary of Canada and the United States
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The Niagara River is a river located in North America.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[3], Ontario[4]
- Country: United States[5], Canada[6]
- Continent: North America[7]
- Basin country: United States[8]
- Commons category: Niagara River[9]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Lake Ontario[10]
- Lake on watercourse: Lake Ontario[11], Lake Erie[12]
- Origin of the watercourse: Lake Erie[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Niagara River[14]
- Tributary: Scajaquada Creek[15], Tonawanda Creek[16]
- Category for the water basin: Q8956369[17]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Meyer’s Universum, Dritter Band[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Meyer’s Universum, Sechzehnter Band[24]
- Heritage designation: Ramsar site[25]
- Has characteristic: Niagara Falls[26]
- Native label: Niagara River[27]
- Length: 53 km[28]
- Watershed area: 665,000 km²[29]
- Discharge: 5.796 cubic metre per second[30]
- Drainage basin: Lake Ontario drainage basin[31]
Why It Matters
Niagara River has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]