Athabasca River Gorge

by Teresa Zieba

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Athabasca River Gorge

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Teresa Zieba

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This is Athabasca Canyon downstream of Athabasca Falls.
A powerful, picturesque waterfall, Athabasca Falls is not known so much for the height of the falls (23 metres), as it is known for its force due to the large quantity of water falling into the gorge.
Even on a cold morning in the fall, when river levels tend to be at their lowest, copious amounts of water flow over the falls.
The Athabas­ca Riv­er thun­ders through a nar­row gorge where the walls have been smoothed and pot­holes are cre­at­ed by the sheer force of the rush­ing water car­ry­ing sand and rock. The river 'falls' over a layer of hard quartzite and through the softer limestone below.
The sheer force of water is so strong that it looks almost like foam as you can see in this photo.
White water rafting often starts below the falls to travel downstream on the Athabasca River to Jasper.
Located in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a striking mountain landscape. All parks mentioned above were inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1984.

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November 3rd, 2017

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