Niagara Falls between Canada and the USA

Niagara Falls are a system of waterfalls on the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. From west to east, the individual waterfalls are named Horseshoe Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and American Falls. The river flows from southeast to northwest on this image scene. The water flow over Horseshoe falls reaches maximum volume on late spring or early summer days, so this True Colour Sentinel-2 image of 30 May 2024 likely captures such a situation. At night, a substantial part of the water is directed via a system of tunnels to reservoirs the hydroelectric power stations located east and west of the river on the northern part of the image. Downstream of the falls, the Rainbow Bridge, the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, the Niagara Gorge Rapids and the Niagara Whirlpool are visible. Two artificial reservoirs are located east and west of the river.

The Welland Canal, an artificial navigation route between Lake Erie and Ontario is visible on the western edge of the image, with one of the lock gates on the top left corner.