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American Falls

A section, about 260 m (850 ft) wide, of Niagara Falls in western New York north of Buffalo.
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Noun1.American Falls - a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo)American Falls - a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo)
Empire State, New York State, NY, New York - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Niagara, Niagara Falls - waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
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We were at the foot of the American Fall. I could see an immense torrent of water tearing headlong down from some great height, but had no idea of shape, or situation, or anything but vague immensity.
In 1965, concerns that the American Falls was eroding prompted leaders to "dewater" by constructing a dam at Goat Island, a landform that divides the falls.
Alan Andersen, an owner of medium-sized dairies in Declo and American Falls, said with cull cow prices about half the usual rate, dairy producers have avoided slaughtering surplus dairy cows as a way to keep production in check.
It is the Illumination Board's responsibility and mandate to finance and maintain the nightly illumination of both the Horseshoe and American Falls.
Iranian state TV channels aired footage of pro-government demonstrations in cities across the country after a week of protests and unrest over the country's poor economy (IRAN PRESS VIA AP) | Water flows over the American Falls as ice forms in this view from the Canadian side in Niagara Falls.
In 1912, it was so cold that much of the water coming over the American Falls froze, though a trickle still ran and the falls ran at the other two sites.
Notable Idaho network enhancements in 2014 included activation of 84 LTE sites including American Falls, Burley, Idaho Falls, Malta, Rexburg, Rupert and Teton.
side of Niagara Falls, known as the American Falls, and the Canadian side, known as the Horseshoe Falls because of its shape.
Eighteen are located at the Illumination Tower, beside the Queen Victoria Place and three are located below street level in the gorge opposite the American Falls. Each of the xenon spotlights produces more than 390 million peak beam and has a brilliance of 250 million candlepower.
After climbing aboard the Bell 407, nervously ducking down despite the top of my head being nowhere near the thundering rotor blades, I sat back and relaxed as we took to the skies above the Horseshoe falls, the American falls and the Bridal Veil falls.
And ongoing at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens is Solomon's epic, three-channel installation piece, American Falls, which offers a richly allegorical account of America's rise and fall through a torrent of intricately distressed celluloid sourced from a disparate array of films and newsreels, and featuring everyone from Amelia Earhart to King Kong to Robert Oppenheimer to Charlie Chaplin.

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