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Athabasca Falls
Winter falls in the late January
Location	Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates	52°39′51″N 117°53′01″W / 52.66417°N 117.88361°W / 52.66417; -117.88361
Type	Segmented Horsetails
Total height	24 m (79 ft)
Number of drops	2
Longest drop	20 m (66 ft)
Total width	46 m (151 ft)
Average width	30 m (98 ft)
Run	15 m (49 ft)
Watercourse	Athabasca River
Average flow rate	113 m/s (4,000 cu ft/s)

Athabasca Falls is a waterfall in Jasper National Park on the upper Athabasca River, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the townsite of Jasper, Alberta, Canada, and just west of the Icefields Parkway.

Geography and geology

Athabasca Falls is a Class 5 waterfall, with a total drop height of 24 m (79 ft) and a width of 46 m (151 ft). A powerful, picturesque waterfall, Athabasca Falls is not known so much for its height as for its force, due to the large quantity of water falling into the gorge, which can be substantial even on a cold morning in the fall, when river levels tend to be at their lowest. The river falls over a layer of hard quartzite and through the softer limestone below, carving a short gorge and a number of potholes.

Access

The falls can be safely viewed and photographed from various viewing platforms and walking trails around the falls. Access is from the nearby parking lot, which leads off Highway 93A just northeast of the falls. Highway 93A takes off from the nearby Icefields Parkway, and crosses the falls on the way north to the town of Jasper. Whitewater rafting often starts below the falls to travel downstream on the Athabasca River to Jasper.

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• Warning sign

See also

• List of waterfalls of Canada

References

1. ^ "Athabasca Falls, Alberta, Canada - World Waterfall Database". www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
2. Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2017-08-02). "Athabasca Falls - Jasper National Park". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-13.

External links

• Athabasca Falls. Athabasca Falls
• Explore Jasper. Athabasca Falls

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