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The Falls of Niagara stood here about 7000 to 8000 years ago as three separate cataracts about .8 kilometres (.5 miles) apart, fed by drainage from Lake Erie. Then other lakes suddenly began to pour into Lake Erie, increasing the river's outflow and resulting in one cataract that eroded a wider gorge.
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