Comparing Cohoes Falls To Niagara Falls
Width of Cohoes Falls is roughly 1,000 feet (300 m). Niagara Falls width is 830 feet (250 m) for American Falls and 2,200 feet (670 m) for Horseshoe Falls.
Height of Cohoes Falls ranges from 75 feet (23 m) on the north side to 90 feet (27 m) on the south end. Niagara Falls height is 70 to 110 feet (34 m) for American Falls and 163 feet (50 m) for Horseshoe Falls.
Water flow over Cohoes Falls ranges from zero to 90,000 cubic feet per second. (During Hurricane Irene in August 2011, the flow was estimated to be close to 100,000 cubic feet per second.) Water flow over Niagara Falls ranges from 5,000 to 21,000 cubic feet per second for American Falls and 45,000 to 190,000 cubic feet per second for Horseshoe Falls.
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