What are the second largest U.S. water falls east of the Mississippi?

maskman22

According to what I found there are two waterfalls listed at 1000 feet. So they would be one and two. They are Beaver Brook Cascades in New Hampshire and Crabtree Falls in Virginia. http://www.world-waterfalls.com/database.php?s=T&t=G&category=continent&search=North%20America&orderby=name Jun 06 09, 3:44 PM

star_gazer

This site says that it is "Root Beer Falls" in Michigan. http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week/galleries/free-things-to-do-midwest Jun 06 09, 9:58 PM

davejacobs

It depends what you mean by 'largest' of course, and also what qualifies as a waterfall. Does a series of cascades count, or only almost vertical drops (and how close to vertical?). The site quoted by maskman22 indeed gives the two highest. It also gives the largest in magnitude as American Falls at Niagara, followed by Cohoes Falls, also in NY State, on the Mohawk River. http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/database.php?s=T&t=G&category=continent&search=North%20America&orderby=ratMag%20DESC Jun 07 09, 12:01 AM

star_gazer

I found the site for Tahquamenon Falls (Root Beer Falls) in Michigan. http://www.newberrymichigan.net/attractions/tahquamenonfalls.html The Cohoes Falls today have been damed extensively and very little water flows over them. The Cohoes Falls are 75 feet (23 m) high and 1,000 feet (305 m) wide. Their flow is most impressive in springtime, sometimes running at 90,000 cubic feet (2,500 m3) of water per second[1], but as the season changes there is less water for the falls because so much of the flow is diverted at the Crescent Dam to the Barge Canal through Lock 6. Most of the water is still diverted for power generation; some is diverted for the Cohoes water supply. During the summer, the falls are virtually dry, revealing shale rock formations that have their own distinctive beauty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes_Falls The Beaver Brook Cascades are a series of small falls (hence Cascades) and do not count as one large Fall. http://www.northeastwaterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=39&p=0 Also Crabtee Falls consist of five cascades rather than one large Fall. http://www.crabtreefalls.com/about.htm Jun 07 09, 12:29 AM