Athabasca Falls
| Athabasca Falls | ||
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 Athabasca Falls in August 2008 |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 39 '50.8 " N , 117 ° 52' 57.9" W | |
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| place | Jasper National Park , Alberta , Canada | |
| height | 23 m | |
| Mean flow rate (MQ) | 135 m³ / s | |
| flow | Athabasca River | |
The Athabasca Falls are 23 meter high waterfalls in the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park in Alberta , Canada near the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). They are about 30 kilometers south of Jasper .
The water has dug through a layer of hard quartzite and the underlying limestone , creating a narrow, short gorge and some potholes. The falls are not known because of their height, but because of the force with which the water flows over the two-part fall. The Athabasca River usually carries between 100 and 200 m³ / s, which then plunge through the crevices, which are only about 30 meters wide. The largest estimated amount of water that the fall led was around 500 m³ / s.
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Web links
Commons : Athabasca Falls - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest - Athabasca Falls
- Explore Jasper - Athabasca Falls (engl.)
- Athabasca Falls at Natural Resources Canada