The Falls River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed January 3, 2012 stream that drains
Baraga County in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula of ...
in the
United States
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, and flows into
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. Lake Michigan–Huron has a larger combined surface area than Superior, but is normally considered tw ...
in the community of
L'Anse. Its name derives from the fact that it flows over
slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic ro ...
bedrock with a gradient (rate of descent) that increases as it nears its mouth, cascading over numerous slate waterfalls.
The Falls is a picturesque stream that has been run by expert
kayak
]
A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word ''kayak'' originates from the Inuktitut word '' qajaq'' (). In British English, the kayak is also considered to be ...
ers numerous times. As a whitewater stream, it rates a class 4+ on the International Scale of River Difficulty.
References
External links
* http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River_detail_id_2592_
Rivers of Baraga County, Michigan
Rivers of Michigan
Tributaries of Lake Superior
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