Where waterfalls like Niagara get their seemingly endless supply of water?

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With Niagara falls going as hard as it has for as long as it has, where does all of that water come from?
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Seriously curious…. why do you see a distinction between Niagara Falls and just any other river? Flow rates of Mississippi or amazon river are pretty impressive also. Why does going over a waterfall make it harder to believe that the water flow doesn’t run out? Is it because the waterfall makes the sheer volume of flow more tangible? Is it because other waterfalls in your experience may have been artificial and pump-fed? Dunno, just made me really curious. Cheers

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