尼加拉瓜大瀑布

尼亚加拉瀑布NiagaraFalls

尼亚加拉大瀑布介绍英文版NiagaraFalls

NiagaraFalls:American,BridalVeilandHorshoeFallsNiagara

lestaretheAmerican

andBridalVeilfallsontheAmericanside,paratedbytinyLuna

Islandandplungingoverjaggedrocksina180ftdrop;thebroad

HorshoeFallswhichcurvetheirwayovertoCanadaareprobably

tebackameretwelvethousandyears,

whentheretreatofmeltingglaciersallowedwatertrappedinLake

enthefallswereven

milesdownriver,butconstanterosionhascutthembacktotheir

lsarecolorfullylitupatnight,andmanysay

they’remostbeautifulinwinter,whenthegroundsarecoveredin

snowandthewatersturntoice.

ThebestviewsontheAmericansidearefromtheProspectPoint

ObrvationTower（daily;50￠）,andfromtheareaatitsba

wherethewaterrushespast;TerrapinPointonGoatIslandinthe

nineteenth-centurytightrope-walkerBlondincrosdtheNiagara

repeatedlynearhere,andevencarriedpasngersacrossonhisback;

othersuicidalfoolsovertheyearshavetakentheplungeinbarrels.

OnesurvivoramongthemanyfatalitieswastheEnglishmanBobby

Leach,whowentoverinasteelbarrelinJuly1911andhadtospend

acticehassincebeenbanned

（thoughacoupleofmaniacsdiditinsummer1995andcameaway

withminorbruis）,forreasonswhichbecomelf-evidentwhen

youapproachthetoweringcascadeonthenot-to-be-misdMaidof

theMistboattripfromthefootoftheobrvationtower（summer

Mon-Fri10am-5pm,Sat$8.50;716/284-4233）.FromGoatIsland,

theCaveoftheWindstourleadsdowntothebaofthefallsby

elevatortowithinalmosttouchingdistanceofthewater（mid-May

tolateOct;$5.50）.Acombinationpassfortheandother

attractionscosts$whelicoptertours（716/284-2800）are

amoreexpensivepropositionat$40perpersonforaten-minuteride.

TochecktheviewoutfromNiagaraFalls,Ontario,it’sa

twenty-minutewalkacrosstheRainbowBridgetotheCanadianside

（25￠eachway;bringID,andcheckwithUSImmigration

officialsbeforeheadingacross）,whereyougetanarguablybetter

view,g

acrossisinadvisable:thetollforacarisjust75￠,butparkingon

theothersideisupwardsof$15.

Asyoulookoninawe,reflectthatyou’reeingonlyabouthalf

thevolumeofwater-therestisdivertedtohydroelectricpower

lstoryofthingineeringfeatisrelatedatthefree

NiagaraPowerProjectVisitorsCenterinnearbyLewiston（July

Sept-Junedaily10am-5pm;716/285-3211）.Withyourown

transportationit’salsopossibletotracetheinhospitableNiagara

GorgetwomilesalongthedramaticRobertMosParkwaytothe

WhirlpoolRapids,aviolentmaelstromswollenbybrokentreesand

otherflotsam.【外语教育$9;716/693-3260）.

被称为世七大奇景之一的尼亚加拉大瀑布位于加拿大和美国

交界的尼亚加拉河上，它那丰沛而浩瀚的水汽和磅礴的气势，使

所有前来观赏的游人都为之震撼。

尼亚加拉河长约56米，上接海拔174米的伊利湖，下注海拔

75米的安大略湖。这99米的落差，已足以形成湍急的水流，而

两湖之间横亘着的一道石灰岩断崖，更使水量丰富的尼亚加拉河

水在经过这里时骤然陡落，水势澎湃，声震如雷。

从高处的伊利湖到低处的安大略湖，在经过河床绝壁上的半

岛时，湖水分隔成了两部份，分别流入加拿大和美国，形成了一

大一小两个瀑布。这两个瀑布在加拿大这边的景致比在美国看起

来要更加美丽壮观.