I’ve read that Niagara Falls erodes backwards towards Lake Erie at a rate of 3 feet per year. This means that in a few hundred, maybe thousand (maybe even longer), the falls would have eroded all the way to Lake Erie. What will happen when it does? Will the lake’s floor begin to erode as well or will the water even out? I can’t wrap my head around it.
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It won’t.
The sheer amount of water diverted for power generation has all but halted the progression of Niagara Falls.
Any erosion that still happens is trivial.
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