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    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls: Educational Version
    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls: Educational Version
    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls: Educational Version
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    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls: Educational Version

    By Cullen Gwin

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    Niagara Falls is one of the most recognized landmarks in the United States and Canada. Millions of people visit the falls every year.
    While you may recognize this landmark, how much do you really know about it? Can you answer these questions?
    How many waterfalls make up Niagara Falls?
    How much water goes over Niagara Falls every second?
    How much of the water in the Niagara River goes over Niagara Falls?
    Where does the rest of it go?
    How far has Niagara Falls moved from where it started?
    How old was the boy who put the first cable for a bridge across the Niagara River?

    Find out more about Niagara Falls and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.

    All measurements in American and metric.
    Ages 8 and up.

    The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateSep 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301292974
    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls: Educational Version
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    Cullen Gwin

    Cullen Gwin was born and raised in California and still makes it his home. He always loved writing, even as a youngster, and remembers when his mother would make his sisters listen to his latest creation around the dinner table. This event was always met by groans from his siblings.Thankfully his writing has improved since then and it is much more welcome to his readers.

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    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls - Cullen Gwin

    14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

    NIAGARA FALLS

    By Cullen Gwin

    A LearningIsland.com

    15 - Minute Book

    We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

    Editor: Jennifer Robinson

    Smashwords Edition

    (c) Copyright 2011 Cullen Gwin. All rights reserved.

    Published by LearningIsland.com.

    This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to others. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy from any of several online e-book stores. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    14 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls / Cullen Gwin

    Summary: A brief look at several fun facts about Niagara Falls.

    1. Niagara Falls. Juvenile Literature. 2. Water. Juvenile Literature. 3. Rivers. Juvenile Literature.

    Created in USA

    Words: 2055

    Reading Level: 6.6

    Ages 8 and up.

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    About the Author

    Niagara Falls is one of the most recognized landmarks in the United States and Canada. Millions of people visit the falls every year.

    While you may recognize this landmark, how much do you really know about it? Here some interesting facts that you might not know.

    (USGS)

    Fact 1: Niagara Falls is actually made up of three falls, none of which is named Niagara Falls.

    Everyone thinks of Niagara Falls as the actual name of a waterfall. It is not. Niagara Falls is actually the name of a group of waterfalls. It is also the name of the town next to the falls.

    There are actually three falls at this location. The Horseshoe

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