<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Basin features </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Basin size </Th> <Td> 684,000 km (264,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Niagara River (/ naɪˈæɡrə / ny - AG - ra) is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario . It forms part of the border between the province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and the state of New York in the United States (on the east). There are differing theories as to the origin of the river's name . According to Iroquoian scholar Bruce Trigger, Niagara is derived from the name given to a branch of the locally residing native Neutral Confederacy, who are described as being called the Niagagarega people on several late - 17th - century French maps of the area . According to George R. Stewart, it comes from the name of an Iroquois town called Ongniaahra, meaning "point of land cut in two". </P> <P> The river, which is occasionally described as a strait, is about 58 kilometres (36 mi) long and includes Niagara Falls in its course . The falls have moved approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) upstream from the Niagara Escarpment in the last 12,000 years, resulting in a gorge below the falls . Today, the diversion of the river for electrical generation has significantly reduced the rate of erosion . </P>

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