The flow rate over Niagara Falls is at least 100,000 cubic feet per second, which is actually mandated by law. The Niagara River supplies an average of about 292,000 cubic feet per second to the falls, but much of it is diverted into tunnels to generate electric power. However, since people get mad if you turn off the world’s most famous waterfall, the generation facilities are required to leave at least 100,000 of those cubic feet per second flowing over the falls for everyone to look at (50,000 at night or during the off-season). There’s periodic discussion of turning off the falls again for
...more
