The American Falls, located in Niagara Falls State Park on the American side of the Niagara River, is the second-largest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. The falls receive approximately 11% of the river's flow ospread across a 950-foot jagged crest, with a straight line crest width of about 830 feet. The height of the falls range between 70 to 110 feet from the top of the Falls to the talus rock pile, and 188 feet to the river below.
Bridal Veil Falls, in Niagara Falls State Park on the American side of the Niagara River, is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. It is similar in appearance to the larger American Falls, from which it is separated by Luna Island which is just 130-feet wide, with a vertical fall of 78-feet to onto a series of talus boulders and into the Maid of the Mist pool 103-feet below. The total vertical drop is 181 feet, and its 56-foot wide crest has an elevation of 508-feet. The waterfall has also been known in the past as Luna Falls and Iris Falls.
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