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Niagara Escarpment

The Niagara Escarpment is a long ridge of resistant dolomitic limestone running from New York State through southern Ontario and around the Great Lakes to Wisconsin. The Niagara River plunges over it at Niagara Falls. Its outcrops provided chert for the stone tools of indigenous peoples such as the Neutral, and the Ontario section is a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Niagara Escarpment. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/niagara-escarpment
MLA: “Niagara Escarpment.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/niagara-escarpment. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Niagara Escarpment.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/niagara-escarpment.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Niagara Escarpment’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/niagara-escarpment (Accessed: ).

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