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Athabasca Falls is a waterfall in Jasper National Park on the upper Athabasca River, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the townsite of Jasper, Alberta, Canada, and just west of the Icefields Parkway.
Geography and geology
Athabasca Falls is a Class 5 waterfall, with a total drop height of 24 m (79 ft) and a width of 46 m (151 ft). A powerful, picturesque waterfall, Athabasca Falls is not known so much for its height as for its force, due to the large quantity of water falling into the gorge, which can be substantial even on a cold morning in the fall, when river levels tend to be at their lowest. The river falls over a layer of hard quartzite and through the softer limestone below, carving a short gorge and a number of potholes.
Access
The falls can be safely viewed and photographed from various viewing platforms and walking trails around the falls. Access is from the nearby parking lot, which leads off Highway 93A just northeast of the falls. Highway 93A takes off from the nearby Icefields Parkway, and crosses the falls on the way north to the town of Jasper. Whitewater rafting often starts below the falls to travel downstream on the Athabasca River to Jasper.
Photo gallery
See also
List of waterfalls of Canada
References
External links
Athabasca Falls. Athabasca Falls
Explore Jasper. Athabasca Falls
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- Taman Nasional Jasper
- Brenda Bazinet
- Demokrasi sosial
- Daftar heliport di Kanada
- Daftar danau
- Athabasca Falls
- Athabasca River
- Athabasca
- List of crossings of the Athabasca River
- 2024 Jasper wildfire
- Alberta Highway 93
- Geraldine Peak
- List of waterfalls in Canada
- List of waterfalls
- List of rivers of Alberta
